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IMAGE Francis McManamon.

These photos show general images related to the excavation of the Indian Neck ossuary, Wellfleet, MA in September, 1979. The ossuary site was discovered inadvertently when a backhoe operator digging a hole for a new septic tank for a resident noticed human skeletal remains in the dirt he had removed from the backhoe excavation. Each photo is described in the following list: ** Photo #1 [a1-caco_survey_19_bn_387.tif] shows the surface at the Indian Neck ossuary site prior to archaeological...

IMAGE Francis McManamon.

Photo showning the midden level that was stratigraphically above the ossuary feature. In this photo, the piece fo white plastic sheeting shown covers a human cranium that was exposed in the profile in the photos

IMAGE Francis McManamon.

Photo shows the top of the ossuary feature begining to be exposed by archaeological excavation. Remaining traces of dark soil are from the overlying midden stratigraphically above the ossuary. A shapres of a few human bones representing the top of the ossuary are visible. The photo is taken from a nearly vertical perspective. The rough edge of the profile is the result of the backhoe excavation which dug into the midden, destroying the northern portion and discovering the human bones which...

IMAGE Francis McManamon.

Photo of the excavation of the Indian Neck ossuary, ossuary feature.

IMAGE Francis McManamon.

Photo of three Mashpee and Wampanoag tribal representatives observing the excavation of the Indian Neck ossuary. John Peters (Slow Turtle) Massachusetts Commissioner of Indian Affairs at the time of the excavation who was part of the consultation regarding the excavation is in the foreground.

IMAGE Francis McManamon.

Photo of the crowd of observers who visited the excavation site of the Indian Neck ossuary. Excavation is shown in the lower right corner of the photo. In the lower left corner of the photo are three observers from the Mashpee and Wampanoag Indian tribes.

IMAGE Francis McManamon.

Photo shows John Portnoy, then Cape Cod NS park scientist (kneeling) and Michael Soukup (then Ast. Regional Scientist) shifting through back dirt pile from the backhoe excavation of the ossuary site to recover distrubed human bone and artifacts.

IMAGE Francis McManamon.

Photo shows the top of the ossuary feature after it has been exposed by archaeological excavation. Photo is taken looking south.

IMAGE Francis McManamon.

Photo of the cleaned top of the ossuary burial feature. The pattern of human crania around the edges and long bones laid perpendicular to the long access of the burial feature is apparent. The northern half of the ossuary was inadvertently destroyed by a backhoe excavation which led to the discovery of the remaining part of the ossuary.

IMAGE Francis McManamon.

Photo of the base of the ossuary feature on the north side of the photo (clam knife is pointing north) and layer of calcined bone, believed to be part of a cremation that was overlain by the unburned ossuary burial feature. The photo is taken from a nearly vertical perspective over the feature.

DOCUMENT Citation Only Dori M. Penny. Thomas K. Larson.

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DOCUMENT Citation Only C. H. McNutt.

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DOCUMENT Citation Only John Wesley Powell.

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DOCUMENT Citation Only Nicholas E. Hakiel. Bridget M. Haikel.

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DOCUMENT Citation Only Nicholas E. Hakiel.

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DOCUMENT Citation Only Stephen D. Beckham.

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DOCUMENT Citation Only Carl E. Conner. Danni L. Langdon.

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DOCUMENT Citation Only Mary Meyer-Hopkins.

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DOCUMENT Citation Only Mark H. Brown.

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DOCUMENT Citation Only Morris Anderson. T. Fulgham. M. Guthrie. K. Heyma. R. Johnson.

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DOCUMENT Citation Only Sharon Lass Field.

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DOCUMENT Citation Only Robert A. Murray.

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DOCUMENT Citation Only M. J. Mattes.

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DOCUMENT Citation Only LeRoy R. Hafen. Francis Marion Young.

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DOCUMENT Citation Only P. L. Beaubien.

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