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" The analytical results obtained are tabulated below in the order 

 of decreasing moisture-]- volatile matter content, and the correspond- 

 ing increase in total mineral matter." 



Chemical anaJysis 



Artifacts 



The artifacts from the Vero deposits comprise, as stated by Dr. 

 Sellards, numerous fragments of potter}^, of bone implements and 

 other objects, of stone implements and rejects. All these objects 

 have been studied in detail by Prof. George Grant MacCurdy, whose 

 observations are soon to be published in the Arnerican A nthropologist.^ 

 Thanks to the courtesy of Dr. Sellards, the whole collection has also 

 been sent for examination to the United States National Museum, 

 where it has been carefully inspected by Prof. W. H. Holmes. 



On the whole the objects indicate a rather advanced stage of 

 primitive hunting and fishing culture, comparable Avith that of the 

 Indians of the Southeastern States. The potsherds look remarkably 



1 An excellent detailed report on these, fully corroborating the above expressed fact, 

 ha? recently been published by Dr. MacCurdy (Amen Anthropologist, April-June, 1917). 



