Show I 1 Pre columbian period ornaments unearthed fairbanks ind sixteen skeletons as well as many tools and ornaments of the pre columbian period have been unearthed from rom an indian mound on a farm near dear here the work of 0 excavation Is under the supervision of 3 arthur maclean director of the herron art institute of indianapolis I 1 mr dr maclean rind and his assistants believe that when the mound has been completely explored indians will have contributed in a large way to the history of this section before columbus dis discovered co acred america some of the skeletons are complete while others are only groups of bones the explorers have also found much evidence of the mound builders bonders workmanship and art such as beads of native copper cylindrical in shape shell beads bits of pottery a large flint knife and other relics 0 peculiar methods of burying the th dead are noted the skeletons are found in various positions one of which indicated that the body had been placed in a sitting bitting position with the elbows resting on the knees and the ebin chin la in the palms of the hands |