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MOUND EXPLORATIONS. 



of the surface, and laist a layer of dark-colored eartli extending to the 

 original surface. In the bottom l.iyer, lying on the original snrfacc, 

 were five skeletons. By the side of one of the.se were sixteen white qnartz 

 knives, one small stone pipe, and several arrowheads. At another 

 point were a stone gorget, a large celt, and some arrowheads. 



The sixteen white qnartz imple7nents must have heen made by one 

 individual, as they are all of the same kind of stone, of the same form, 

 aud show the same workmanship. 



MOUND l)N SUANANdA 1!I\K1!, HUNCOMliK COKNTV. 



This mound is about 4 miles from Asheville, on the bottom land, not 

 more than KtO yards from the river, is circular, SO feet in diameter, and 

 !) feet high. A wide trench cut through it from side to side and <lown 

 to the natural soil brought to light the fact that it was built partly of 

 stone and partly of earth. The core or central jiortion, to the height 



Fig. 228. — Biji niniiiul, Ha.vwuod couuty. North Carolina. 



of 4 feet above the original surface and covering a space about 30 feet 

 in diameter, was built of irregular blocks of stone, heaped together 

 without order or plan. The remainder of the mound was made of 

 dark surface soil. The top layer of earth being removed down to the 



Fig. 229.— Section of CniiuiT iiiuuiid. Heiiilcrtimi iniiuty. Nortli Ciirnlina. 



rock pile, the entire surface of the latter was found to be covered with 

 charcoal and evidences that it had been burned here. Among the coal 

 were numerous joints of charred cane. The stones were all removed, 

 but no remains or relics, save a few arrowheads, were discovered. 



Till'. lllltdSII .MIUNI). 



This mound is on the farm of Mr. .1. B.Throsh, U miles from Hominy 

 creek, Buncombe county. It is located on a ridge, is circular, 33 feet 

 in dianteter at the base, and 4 feet high. No remains or vestiges of art 

 were found in it. Its composition was as follows: First, a top layer, 18 

 inches thick, of red clay similar to that around it, conforming to the 

 curve of the mound and entirely covering the bottom layer of black 

 earth which rested on the original soil. The latter had evidently been 

 carried fiom the creek, a mile distant. 



