FOWKE] MOUNDS IN ALABAMA 455 
It may be stated that all “spades” mentioned herein are made of 
amphibole or amphibolic schist. The implements have considerable 
range in length and width, but there is not much variation in 
thickness. 
On the west side, 4 feet apart, were two infants lying on the 
natural surface. One was only a few weeks old; the other about 2 
years. 
In a burial case of burned earth, in the southwest quarter of the 
mound, were the bones of an infant whose clavicle was less than 
11% inches long. Fragments of a large, thick conch shell lay with it. 
On the south side at the original level were three skeletons lying 
close together, two adults, and a youth of about 15 or 16. One head 
lay east, one west, one north. All were folded and encased in burned 
clay. The bones of the youngest were somewhat charred; it would 
appear that the heat had been sufficient to burn them through the 
clay. With the head, which was directed toward the north, were the 
outer whorl of a conch shell, a piece of galena weighing nearly 2 
pounds, and the central portion of a flat gorget of steatite, both ends 
of which had been broken off across the perforations. 
These three skeletons lay directly on the earth which filled a grave 
about 4 by 5 feet, dug 18 inches into the earth. This grave, which 
extended beyond the outer limit of the trench, contained the remains 
of eight individuals whose bones only had been interred, or at least 
only the bones of some of them, as it would not have been possible 
to place eight bodies in so small a space. All ages were represented. 
There had been a very young infant, of whom only the teeth re- 
mained, all other parts having disappeared; a child whose permanent 
teeth had not yet come through the gums; a person whose teeth 
were worn down to the roots; and various ages between these. The 
bones were so decayed and in such confusion that nothing definite 
could be ascertained as to their arrangement or the manner of 
interment. 
The trench being now completed, it was reasonably certain, from 
the number of skeletons found in it, and especially from the large 
grave reaching out beyond it on the south, that other burial places 
would be found in the undug portions of the mound on the outside. 
To go farther in this direction, however, would have required the 
second removal of all the earth thrown out; and as the season had 
already extended beyond the period at which the fall rains usually 
set in, it was deemed best to disregard this outlying portion and 
proceed at once with the excavation of the main structure, which 
now seemed larger when viewed from the trench than the intact 
mound had looked when seen from a little distance away. 
For convenience of description, the area examined inside of the 
trench will be divided into eight sectors. directed toward the cardinal 
