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Transcription
A.C.Brether
1958
Homo Sapiens Americanus
Brooks Island, off Ft. Center Costa Co., Calif.
Jan. 18 (cont)
THING LIKE THIS WATER HAD WASHED
BRED TO A LINE FROM ELBOWS TO LUMBAR
VERTEBRAE LEAVING SHOULDERS, CHEST,
UPPER ARMS, RIBS, COCCIGAN & THORACIC
VERTEBRAE & SKULL IN THE BANK.
BODY MAY HAVE BEEN BURIED AT BOTTOM
OF AT LEAST THIS SECTION OF MOUND AS IT
SEEMED TO BE LYING ON BLACK DIRT WITH
SHELL MOUND MATERIAL ABOVE & AROUND, IT
BUT NOT (FOR AT LEAST 4 INCHES - AS FAR DOWN
AS I DUG) BELOW IT. FOUND 1 BIRD BONE,
PROXIMAL TIP OF DEER ULNA & 2 BOVINE
SCRAPPERS (?) RIGHT IN WITH BONES OF
SHEEP. NO OTHER BONES (AS MIGHT HAVE
COME FROM KITCHEN MIDDEN MATERIAL)
FOUND AROUND SHEEP, SO I THINK DEER
+ BIRD BONE + SCRAPPERS MUST HAVE
ACTUALLY BEEN BURIED WITH SHEEP.
TEETH WERE WORN - NO ABSCENCE
FOR ROOTS OF LEFT UPPER M3. RT 2
OR LBS OF MANDBLUE GONE & EVENTHO
I DUG CAREFULLY AROUND THE MAIN PART
OF JAWBURY I DID NOT SEE THE MISSING TEETH.
WILL TRY TO GET DATA FROM ANTHROP. DEPT.
ON THIS SPECIMEN.
FOUND UPON COMPAREING BONES DUG UP *** ABOUT
1 TO 2 FT. DOWN FROM TOP OF MOUND ON EXPOSED SIDE