A Costumed Human Figure From Tampico, Washington (Classic Reprint)

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Excerpt from A Costumed Human Figure From Tampico, WashingtonThese jagged rocks and the soil which had accumulated be tween them extended down to a depth of 3 feet from the sur face, where a box or cist was found, which was formed of thin slabs of basaltic rock about 2 feet long by 17} feet wide, and from r~% to 2 inches thick, with thin, sharp edges. These had been placed on edge, - several to form the sides and one or two to form the ends. The cist thus made was covered with two large fiat slabs which projected beyond the sides of the box. (plate VII, Fig. There were no slabs or other rocks forming the floor to the cist, which was filled with soil that had worked in between the stones.This was the only grave in which we found a stone cist, the other graves being more or less filled, from the skeleton to the surface, with irregular rocks or pebbles.This cist may be perhaps best described by stating that it resembled very much the stone graves of Kentucky and Ohio, excepting that limestone was not here used and that the posi tion of the skeleton and the character of the objects found within were not similar to those usually observed in the stone graves of the Mississippi Valley. It is also to be noted that here we have a pile of jagged rocks over the cist, as is seldom the case in the East.Within the box and about on a level with the lower edges of the enclosing slabs was the skeleton (cat. No. Igg-f) of the child. (plate VII, Fig. It lay upon the left side, the head towards the west, facing north, and with the knees ¿exed close to the chest. The skull is slightly deformed by occipital pressure. Under the body, scattered from the neck to the pelvis, were found eighteen dentalium shells (cat. No. Ten of these were ornamented with engraved designs (cat. No. 325599, and resembled the engraved dentalium shells found in the Thompson River region. A small piece of bone (cat. No. 39703521) and some charcoal (cat. No. 32103523) were also found in this grave.About the PublisherForgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.comThis book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully, any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.