﻿NO. I SMITHSONIAN EXPLORATIONS, I925 I29 



sand mound, quite similar in appearance to the great mound in the 

 southern part of the peninsula. A small part of the southern sec- 

 tion of the work has been removed and the upper portion, thus 

 exposed to view, is shown in figure 123. This reveals a compact mass 

 of shells, usually of small size. The shells collected from this ex- 

 posed portion of the mound were: Venus incrccnaria inortoui ; Car- 

 dinm robustuiii : Fiilgiir perversa: Faseiolaria titUpa: Area ponder- 

 oso ; Ostrea virginica; Pccten irradians; Melongcna corona; Chione 

 eancellata ; Cardita ftoridana. Fragments of pottery were mingled 

 with the shells, all having stamped designs over the entire surface. 

 Many bits of human bones, indicating burials, were found near 

 the summit. One fragment of a human skull revealed traces of a 

 red pigment with which it had probably been covered. 



Southward from the preceding site, at the end of the electric line 

 running to St. Petersburg, and on the shore of Boca Ciega Bay, 

 is a shellheap having a diameter of a hundred yards and an elevation 

 of approximately ten feet. It extends eastward from the edge 

 of the water to the road which has cut through the eastern portion, 

 exposing the interior of the mass as shown in figure 124. The shells 

 gathered here were: Faseiolaria gigantca; Fulgiir perversa; Strom- 

 bus pugilis; Faseiolaria tulipa; Venus uicrccnaria mortoni; Peetcn 

 irradians; Ostrea virginiea; Spicula similis; Cardiuui isocardia. 

 A closer view of the mass of shells in this exposure is given in 

 figure 125. All fragments of pottery discovered mingled with the 

 shells and decomposed vegetal matter were smooth on both surfaces, 

 entirely undecorated. 



On the eastern side of the peninsula, north of east from the several 

 mounds just mentioned, is another ancient site. It is near the nar- 

 rowest part of the bay, south of the bridge over Old Tampa Bay, 

 and exactly west of Port Tampa on the opposite shore. However, 

 the water is not visible from the site on account of the very dense 

 vegetation. Here are shellheaps, low and spreading and less clearly 

 defined than others already mentioned. They extend in a general 

 course from southeast to northwest and terminate abruptly at a 

 sand mound. The latter is about one hundred and twenty feet in 

 diameter, although it is difficult to distinguish where the artificial 

 work actually begins ; its elevation is approximately seven feet. 

 This appears to have been the burial place which belonged to the 

 nearby settlement. Many burials were discovered by Dr. J. W. 

 Fewkes in the eastern part of this mound during the winter of 

 1923-1924. at which time about one quarter of the structure was 

 examined. Fragments of pottery, decorated with designs in incised 



