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The few artifacts found with burials accompanied those of the 

 lower level, with the exception of a bird skull found with a burial in 

 the mound proper. Beneath the mound were a number of fire pits. 

 These were sunk from the original soil level through a depth of 

 about 3 feet. They varied in width from 1 to 3 feet at the bottom and 

 from 4 to 6 feet at the top. The pits were easily distinguishable by 

 their fill of black earth, charcoal, and burned shell. The bottoms 

 were marked by a zone of fire-reddened sand which had been sub- 

 jected to intense heat, and a layer consisting of a rocklike formation 

 on the bottom composed of fused sand, ash, and bits of shell. 



Occasional pockets of shell occurred throughout the mound. The 

 most extensive of these was a layer of coquina shell about 8 inches 

 thick which followed the contour of the- northern half of the mound. 



In spite of its relatively small size the mound produced consid- 

 erably more pottery than is usual in this section of Florida. It is a 

 muck ware, very light in weight, and grades in color from buff to 

 black. Decoration is usually lacking, but where it occurs it con- 

 sists of stamped or cord-marked patterns. A few vessels were 

 covered with a fugitive red slip. Three of the vessels restored in 

 the field are of the basin type. One is a small, squat water bottle, 

 and two are bowl-shaped with slightly incurving rims. These lat- 

 ter have a round hole in the bottom. One large pottery pipe of 

 elbow form was found accompanying a burial. Three bone awls, 

 three stone and shell " plummets ", and five chert projectile points 

 complete the list of artifacts discovered. All of the " plummets " 

 were found on the breasts of the burials which they accompanied, 

 indicating that they had been worn as ornaments. No artifacts of 

 European manufacture were found either in the mound or in the 

 village layer. Although it is not possible in view of the fragmen- 

 tary state of our archeological knowledge of this section to name 

 with certainty the former occupants of this site, in all probability 

 they were one of the Timucua tribes of the Fresh Water Province 

 of the Spaniards, possibly the Mayaca, 



GEORGIA 



MACON, BIBB COUNTY 



The region around the city of Macon, Ga., is rich in vestiges of 

 aboriginal occupancy, including several village sites marked by 

 distinct house rings. Intensive work was undertaken in two neigh- 

 boring groups of mounds, the Macon group consisting of about 

 half a dozen, and the Lamar group, which consists of two large and 

 interesting mounds, around which is a village site. Both of these 

 groups are on the east side of Ocmulgee River, the first mentioned 



