FOSSIL HUMAN REMAINS AT VERO, FLORIDA 5 



issue of the American Journal of Science of July, 1916. Later dis- 

 coveries were described in Science in the issue of October 27, 19 16. 

 Subsequently, in the Eighth Annual Report of the Florida Geological 

 Survey, published in October, 19 16, the human remains and the 

 associated fossils were more fully described. The present paper 

 includes supplementary observations made during October and 

 November, 19 16. 



SKETCH MAP OF THE LOCALITY 



The fossils at this place were found in a stream bed and were 

 discovered as the result of the construction of a drainage canal. 

 As an aid in interpreting the section through the stream bed the 

 reader may refer to the sketch map of the locality and surroundings 

 shown in Fig. 1. The chief topographic features include a Pleis- 

 tocene beach and the drainage system of the stream in which the 

 fossils were found. On the east is the narrow body of ocean water 

 known as Indian River and the beach of the present shore line. 

 The ancient beach at this place is low, having an elevation of from 

 5 to 15 feet above the adjoining flat lands. Both to the north and 

 to the south, however, the ridge formed by the beach becomes more 

 pronounced. This beach, in fact, is a part of the extensive Pleis- 

 tocene barrier beach which approximately parallels the present 

 shore line for 200 or 300 miles in eastern Florida, and is comparable 

 in origin to the modern or existing ocean beach which lies from one 

 to six miles farther east. The land both in front and back of the 

 beach is prevailingly flat and presents but little variation in level. 

 Such minor elevations as are found tend to assume the form of ridges 

 with a general north-south trend, separated by slight intervening 

 depressions which not infrequently are imperfectly drained. A 

 pronounced north-south ridge or beach is found about 10 miles 

 inland and is known locally as Ten Mile Ridge. 



The drainage system of the stream in which the fossils were 

 found is very limited in extent and is controlled largely by the 

 Pleistocene beach. The valley of the main stream, which has a 

 width of from 350 to 500 feet, extends from tidewater in the 

 Indian River into, but not across, this beach. Near the place 

 where the fossils were found the broad valley terminates abruptly 



