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GEORGE GRANT MacCURDY 



So far as the writer is aware no potsherds have as yet been 

 reported from stratum No. 2, although they occur somewhat plenti- 

 fully in stratum No. 3. Of the dozen sherds sent to New Haven 

 every one is more or less waterworn. When subjected to stream 

 action, these sherds would show the effects of wear quicker than 

 would the bones, flints, and bone implements. The pottery is of 

 fairly uniform quality, the paste being neither crude nor fine. It is 

 black to brown in color and the walls are of medium thickness. 

 Judging from these twelve sherds, the ware was unpainted and un- 

 derrated. Of the three rim fragments, two are from bowls of 



Fig. 4 



Fig. s 



Fig. 6 



Figs. 4-6. — (4) Bone point from stratum No. 3, south bank, 450-70 feet west of 

 bridge; (5) fragment of bone point from siftings of stratum No. 2, south bank, 462 feet 

 west of the bridge; (6) bone point from siftings of stratum No. 2, south bank, 480 feet 

 west of the bridge (|). Nos. 6912, 6963, 6981. 



medium size, the third, somewhat thicker, is from a medium-sized 

 bowl with slightly incurved rim. All these rims are plain but 

 carefully finished. The smoke stains and accumulated soot indi- 

 cate that these were culinary vessels. It should be recalled that 

 the sherds, flints, and bone implements of stratum No. 3 are found 

 in the north as well as the south bank of the canal at the junction of 

 the two lateral valleys previously mentioned. None of these differ 

 from similar antiquities found on the surface or in Florida mounds. 

 To summarize the archaeological evidences of man's antiquity 

 at Vero, one can say that the pottery, bone implements, including 

 fishhooks, bone heads, and flint arrowheads from stratum No. 3 

 and from the surface of contact between it and the stratum below, 



