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Indian River. This pottery was submitted for examination to 

 Professor Holmes, and his report follows: 



December 1, 1916. 

 Dear Doctor Hrdlicka: 



I have examined with great care the pottery fragments obtained from the 

 site of the discovery of human remains associated with Pleistocene deposits 

 near Vero, Florida. They represent moderately small, undecorated vessels, 

 apparently simple bowls such as were in common use among the Indian 

 tribes of Florida. Compared with corresponding plain vessel fragments from 

 Florida sand mounds and from occupied sites generally, no significant dis- 

 tinctions can be made; in material, thickness of walls, finish of rim, surface 

 finish, color, state of preservation, and size and shape of vessels represented, 

 all are identical. There thus appears not the least ground in the evidence of 

 the specimens themselves for the assumption that the Vero pottery pertains 

 to any other people than the mound-building Indian tribes of Florida or to 

 any other than Columbian and immediately pre-Columbian time. 



Sincerely yours, 



W. H. Holmes 

 Head Curator, Department of Anthropology 



