458 COLLECTIONS OF 18tfl. 



Ornamentation. — The inside is plain as usual, and many of 

 the fragments have no exterior ornament. There are two 

 varieties of surface markings; one consists of impressions of 

 basket work, which indicate a broad series of fillets bound 

 together by small twisted cords of grass or bark ; the other 

 appears to have been made by an open net-work of fine cords, 

 which have been quite irregularly arranged. 



OBJECTS OF SHELL. 



02898. A shell pin made from the columella of a large univalve. The 

 original polish is still preserved. The head is round and 

 small, and the shaft 2 inches in length. Found in the stratum 

 of ashes. 



62899. Two species of shells, Io spinosa and Pleurocera conradii (?), ob. 

 tained from the stratum of ashes. 



COLLECTIONS FROM THE FIELDS AT TAYLOR'S BEND. 

 ARTICLES OP STONE. 



62883. A lot of arrow points, spear points, and knives, having a wide 

 range of shape and size. A serrated specimen is 3 inches in 

 length, and is made of yellowish striped chalcedony. One 

 is made of white translucent quartz, and others of dark gray 

 and black chalcedony. 



62881. A stone disk, 1J inches in diameter and three-eighths of an inch 



thick. It is of gray sandstone, nicely smoothed. The edge 

 is rounded and the sides slightly convex. 



62882. Two stone disks similar to the preceding, but smaller. 



62878. A small, thick, nearly symmetrical celt, 2£ inches in length, 1£ 

 inches in width, and one-half of an inch thick. The edge is 

 rounded in outline aud well sharpened. The beveled areas 

 are narrow and stand at an angle of 30° with each other. It 

 is widest at the edge, tapering above to a conical point. The 

 material is apparently a compact greenish diorite. 



62877. A small celt similar to the preceding in form and material. It 

 is 3£ inches long, and If inches in width near the cutting 

 edge, which is considerably battered. 



62875. A curved celt of considerable interest, made of a greenish dio- 

 rite. It is 8 inches in length, 2\ inches wide near the cutting 

 edge, and about 1 inch thick. It tapers toward the apex 

 to 1£ inches in width. A transverse section would be a 

 sharp oval. A longitudinal section showing the thickness 

 of the implement gives a bow like figure, the median line of 

 which would deflect nearly half an inch from a straight line. 



