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represented deer, bear, raccoon, and opossum. Fish bones represent- 

 ing many varieties, as well as the loggerhead and box turtle, showed 

 that these were common articles of diet. 



Mound B was located 130 feet north of A and was covered with a 

 dense growth of small trees (pi. 3, fig. 3). This mound was similar 

 in construction, although all levels proved sterile until the apex of 

 the mound had been reached. In a radius of 6I/2 feet at the very 

 apex of the mound was a sort of burial pit in which the skeletons 

 had been placed without any apparent plan. Many of them had 

 been completely disarticulated prior to interment. It is estimated 

 that they represented about 20 individuals. Only two burials were 

 found outside of this restricted area ; they were located 1 foot 8 inches 

 to the north of the pit. Both had been buried tightly flexed lying 

 on the side and oriented with the feet toward the center of the mound. 

 All the bones found in this mound were in a poor state of preserva- 

 tion. The potsherds, artifacts, and fauna were in every way similar 

 to those found in mound A, but there were no metals or other evi- 

 dences of European contact. 



Mound C was 130 feet west of mound B. A few potsherds of the 

 same general type as previously described were found, but otherwise 

 the mound proved sterile. 



Mound D was 41 feet 6 inches west of mound A in an abandoned 

 orange grove. When this was opened its construction proved to be 

 of the simplest kind. It was merely a low mound of clear sand cov- 

 ered over with a thick layer of clam and oyster shells. All burials 

 were found placed a few inches from the surface in the southern and 

 western periphery of the mound. The remainder of the mound was 

 entirely sterile. Of the 16 burials recovered in a good state of preser- 

 vation, 6 were adult males, 3 adult females, 2 adults of doubtful sex, 

 and 5 were infants. The skeletons were in the same positions as in 

 mound A and were oriented according to the same general plan. The 

 potsherds, artifacts, and fauna were the same as have been already 

 noted, but the presence of glass beads with some of the infant burials 

 indicated that the mound was of post-Columbian origin. 



Site 2, mound A, was 80 feet in its greatest diameter and 13 feet 

 high. It was covered with a heavy growth of scrub and large trees 

 and lay adjacent to the remains of the shell heap. When it was 

 trenched, its construction proved a matter of some complexity for 

 it had apparently served a variety of purposes since its erection. 

 The lowest level was a horizontal habitation stratum extending far 

 beyond the limits of the mound proper, and in it were found char- 

 coal, food bones, and shells, but no burials. Upon this had been 

 erected a sand mound which contained burials. Above this was a 



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