106 EXPLORATION OF BURTON MOUND [DPH. ANN, 4 
Lump of asphalt. The edges are fractured a little. The reverse side shows 
a large bubble. 92 mm. long, 79.8 mm. wide, 44.4 mm. thick. 
Lump of asphalt, 114.8 mm. long, 92 mm. wide, 57.1 mm. thick. 
Lump of asphalt, 82.5 mm. long, 69.8 mm. wide, 53.9 mm. thick. This lump 
has serpula holes in it and is beach worn. 
ASPHALT FRAGMENTS WITH TWINED BASKETRY IMPRINT 
The twined water bottles of the Indians were frequently coated 
with asphalt. Two fragments of such asphalt coating were 
recovered. The basket to which they adhered may have rotted in the 
ground. 
Piece of asphalt with imprint of twined basketry, possibly that of an Indian 
water bottle. 25 mm. long, 17 mm. wide, 2.5 mm. thick. 
Piece of asphalt with imprint very similar to that of the fragment described 
above, 26 mm. long, 25 mm. wide, 4 mm. thick. 
UNEXPLAINED OBJECTS OF ASPHALT 
Object of black asphalt, 40.5 mm. long, 9.5 mm. wide, 7 mm. thick. The tip 
is bluntly rounded. The butt has a hole in it which runs in 16 mm. The 
asphalt is soft and crumbly from long contact with the earth. The hole does 
not have the appearance of having an irregular surface. 
A second specimen of black asphalt object similar to the last described, but 
only half the length. 22 mm. long, 9 mm. wide, 7.5 mm. thick. Entire and 
unbroken, the tip sharper than any other specimen, the hole in the butt extend- 
ing into the specimen 12 mm. and showing no sign of the former insertion of 
a shaft. 
Opsects oF Bone or ANTLER 
These have been our most difficult objects for the following rea- 
sons: (1) We have not yet been able to get them identified zoolog- 
ically; (2) many of the specimens consist of base, tip, or central 
fragments; (3) we can not be sure of the use of but few of the 
specimens—aside from a few obvious needles, basketry awls, and 
points of composite fishhooks, we have before us a collection of 
question marks, and it does little good to refer to these objects as 
many authors do by a large miscellany of names unless the objects 
can be checked with direct knowledge as to use. 
The bone and antler material found was most of it in a peculiarly 
fragmentary and distinteerated condition. 
ENTIRE BONE AWLS 
Probably entire bone awl. Obverse outside. 113 mm. long, 16 mm. wide, 5 
mm. thick. Entirely unworked except the tip, the left edge being ground off 
for 14 mm. from the tip, the right edge for 16 mm., the reverse for 14 mm., the 
obverse not at all. This primitive awl is apparently in its original condition, 
the edges and butt having always consisted of fractures. (PI. 19, a, 1.) 
Probably entire bone awl of the same type as the last specimen described. 
Obverse outside. 94 mm. long, 15.5 mm. wide, 5 mm, thick. Entirely unworked 
except the tip, the left edge being ground off for 33 mm. from the tip, the right 
