156 SMITHSONIAN INSTITUTION 



Excavation along the edge of the mound revealed a border of large 

 conch shells arranged in two and three rows with their upper ends 

 facing the mound. This border was from 16 inches to three feet in 

 width and followed the curve of the mound at its base. It may origi- 

 nally have extended around the mound and have been destroyed by 

 previous digging. A somewhat similar condition was found at the 

 opposite side of the mound where, sloping upward from the base, a 

 space of several feet had been covered with a " pavement " of pots- 

 herds. Among these potsherds were four pieces of human occipital 

 bone, at least three of which belonged to dififerent skulls. 



