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imposed on a small, low primary mound, which in turn covered an 

 extensive burial pit. This primary mound was about 5 feet in 

 height above the old soil line and was approximately 50 feet in 

 diameter. It was constructed of brownish-yellow sand contrasting 

 with the lighter yellow sand of the secondary mound. The surface 

 of the primary mound was coated with a layer of pure white sand, 

 no doubt taken from a 10-inch layer of the same material which lay 

 just below the old soil line. A layer of sand well mixed with red 

 ocher lay immediately over the burials throughout the pit. There 

 was one pit outside of the large burial pit which proved to be sterile. 



During the course of excavations numerous potsherds were re- 

 covered. Sherds were scattered throughout both of the mound struc- 

 tures, and occasional small caches of pots were encountered in the 

 secondary mound. All of the vessels had a small round hole in the 

 bottom (pi. 3, fig. 2). Potsherds were particularly numerous 

 throughout the base of the mound. The ware is similar in type to 

 that found at Safety Harbor and consists of both muck and clay 

 vessels, both of which are untempered. Designs consist of both 

 incised and stamped decorations, with punctate areas setting off 

 negative bands as a common motif. Check stamped ware was par- 

 ticularly abundant. Incised decorations consisted of straight lines 

 rather than curvilinear. Punctate markings enclosed in a joined 

 triangular pattern was a common type of decoration. Rim decora- 

 tions on otherwise plain pots were not uncommon. Scalloping, 

 raised flanges, and single incised border lines were commonly used 

 as rim ornaments. One vertical loop handle was found. 



Conch shells were scattered throughout both mound structures, 

 being most numerous just above the old soil line. A number of 

 conch-shell bowls were found, these having been " killed " in the 

 same manner as the pottery vessels. A few conch-shell hoes were 

 also found. Stone artifacts were almost entirely absent. Two flint 

 cores were recovered, and occasional flint chips were scattered 

 throughout the secondary mound. 



The skeletal material was in a very poor state of preservation. Al- 

 though 300 burials were encountered in the mound, there were less 

 than a dozen sufficiently well preserved to permit of satisfactory 

 measurements being taken. In spite of a new method of spraying 

 with preservatives, comparatively little of the skeletal material could 

 be saved. The bones indicate that the builders of the mound were a 

 short but stocky people. Secondary bundle burials were the pre- 

 dominant burial type. All of the interments in the large burial pit 

 were secondary, as were all but 11 of the burials in the mound 

 proper. These 11 were tightly flexed. A great deal of red ocher 

 had been placed with the bodies in the burial pit, and slight indica- 

 tions of it were found in proximity to burials throughout the sec- 



