Show INDIAN MOUND OF GREAT INTEREST INTERESTS S IN CALIFORNIA CALIfORNIA BERKELEY Cal July 27 Suburban Suburban trains from Berkeley t t to San Francisco pass several times hourly through a little station called Emeryville but few passengers passengers pas pas- as they casually observe through the car windows the pavilion crowded mound there located have any conception of ot the archaeological significance of this relic of ot ancient Indian culture Yet this and other similar almost the only witnesses of ot a primitive stage of ot culture culture cul cuI cul- cul ture which once obtained among the in inhabitants in in- inhabitants habitants of ot the locality tin An interesting An-interesting by yn Dr bee Max n Uhle page one Just el Issued e b by bulletin bulletin bulle bulle- uil the i University e l of C California or press ss Is therefore there there- Po Poe rm fy cJ fore a timely and welcome publication publication The valuable data therein set lIet forth forth is the I result of ot several years' years excavation instituted instituted I in 1902 by Prof Proto Merriam and the writer of ot the bulletin with funds generously generously gen gen- provided by Mrs Phoebe A. A Hearst Among the constituents of ot the mound moundS may be mentioned s shells s of which IC oyster ds 1 mussels S I and clams predominate bones o oa of ofa a large number of animals among them deer elk sea otter beaver squirrel e rabbit rabbit rab rab- bit wild cSt cat wolf rf bear sea e lion y whale turtle etc fireplaces known by fay beds several feet teet In length of ot charcoal charco l and yellowish yellowish yellowish yel yel- yel- yel lowish ashes which were evidently employed employed employed em em- by the Indians In the preparation of food and human remains and relics Including the bones of ot men and various artifices Ten graves containing skeletons were found showing that during certain periods periods peri pert the custom of ot burial underneath the dwelling places was observed A large number of ot specimens Indicated that the inhabitants of this region practiced practiced practiced cremation of their dead burying all personal o belongings I with the b body It fo t df was customary t also to throw a liberal ber supply of ot shell sheil fish Into the fire as food for the departed on their long Journey Into the next world The preparation of the graves was not elaborate elaborate- A simple pit sufficed and If It any covering was employed employed em em- It must have been of ot perishable materials for tor there are now no remains The bottom of ot the grave was arranged somewhat like a bed there being first of all a layer of charcoal from one half to toone toone toone one Inch thick and above that another layer of i iron nd oxide Upon str tr this the body 0 with knees e drawn up was s laid upon its side clothed with wrappings and surrounded surrounded sur sur- rounded gln by r personal 0 lh ornaments in 1 ts and In exceptional c cases with with- utensils or r PI ments For burial the body was entirely covered with red earth which settled down upon the bones after decomposition and is still adhering to them in Sn some cases like a thick crust I |