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inverted pot (N. M. 135210). Decayed animal matter, a few bone 

 beads, a fragment of the tooth of some animal, and some scattering 

 charcoal cinders were found in the bottom. In the earth alongside of 

 these pots was found a piece of iron (N. M. 135275). Directly south 

 of pot No. 1, on the same level, Ofeet distant, lay another pot, 4 (N. M. 

 135212). In the earth surrounding it were found pieces of white 

 European porcelain (N. M. 13527!), Fig. 197). East of this last, 6 feet 

 distant, lay a small pot, 5 (N. M. 135198). The rims of these two pots 

 appeared to be about on the same level. Not far from pot No. 5 

 were the decayed remains of a repouss^ figured copper plate (N. M. 

 13522G) so thin and brittle that it was with dittieulty that it could 



Fig. 196. — Upper horizontal section of Hollywood mound, Georgia. 



be handled without breaking. Alongside were the faint indications of 

 human burial, as seen in small i)ieces of decayed bone and human 

 teeth. Between these last and those indicated by the figures 1, 2, 3 

 was a scant line of decayed bone, so scant and decayed that it was 

 impossible to tell whether or not it was human. Traces of fire were 

 seen about these bones. North of these traces of bone, and immediately 

 under the line of pots Nos. 1, 2, 3, were three small upright timber 

 molds, varying from 1 to IJ feet long. No traces of the timbers 

 remained. Apparently lying on the dividing line between the two 

 strata, 14 feet northwest of the center, was the fragment of an old 

 drawing knife (N. M. 135261). A rude old iron nail, very much ox- 



