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were found. With one burial Avere found two perforated shell rings 

 % inch in diameter. Three small white arrowheads with flat bases, 

 one polished white chalcedony pendant, and a drilled cylinder about 

 1% inches long by I/3 inch in diameter of a gray fine-grained stone 

 were recovered. At one place was found a deposit of six ropes of 

 rosin which had probably been used as torches or were possibly for 

 use in connection with the cremations. With one of the direct crema- 

 tions was a charred piece of wood with a carved spiral design on it, 

 and in the central i^it were found some very interesting charred frag- 

 ments of braided and woven hair. A tortoise-shell comb was recov- 

 ered with one of the burials. Objects of European origin consisted 

 of a small brass ornament shaped somewhat like a fleur-de-lis and 3 

 small glass beads, 2 blue and 1 white. 



This mound is very puzzling. It is the first mound in Florida to 

 produce definitely cremated bodies. The presence of a few objects of 

 European origin show it to be post-Columbian. 



Mound no. 3. — This mound is located in the northwest quarter of 

 section 27, township 33 S., range 19 E,, on the north bank of 

 Gamble Creek. 



The mound proper is circular in shape, 68 feet in diameter, and 7 

 feet in height. A horseshoe-shaped depression 17 feet in width and 

 2 feet in depth encircles the mound about its southern periphery, 

 the two arms then converging slightly to the north for 100 yards, 

 tapering off into the flat before converging. Exactly adjoining this 

 depression, and hence of the same shape, is a sand ridge 30 feet wide 

 and 3 feet high. Seventy-five yards in a southeasterly direction lie 

 two smaller circular mounds. 



During the course of excavations 212 recognizable burials were en- 

 countered. These were all secondary bundle burials with the excep- 

 tion of one intrusive cremated burial, all in a very poor state of 

 preservation. The long bones were placed parallel in a neat bundle 

 almost all pointing east and west, although a very few pointed north 

 and south. In every instance the skull w^as placed a little above the 

 bundle, at the west end when the bundle lay east and west and at the 

 south end when it lay north and south. Frequently, charcoal was 

 found above the burials as though a fire had been made over the 

 grave. 



Pottery in this mound was fairly abundant and appeared to be 

 of a somewhat degenerate Weedon Island type. Shapes varied from 

 pear-shaped bottles to shallow bowls, with large deep jars having 

 slightly constricted necks and flaring rims (pi. 2, figs. 1 and 2). One 

 large globular bowl, with a fugitive red slip, Avas found. All pots 

 had a small circular hole in the bottom. Some of the vessels had 

 evidently been broken intentionally. Stamped ware included both 



