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marked $a (Fig. 5) to the upper creek deposit. And then the upper 

 deposit was extended downward to include the peculiar funnel-like 

 fill marked 36, while the writer, at least, would hesitate to deny 

 that the upper deposit might not, in reality, include also some of 

 the material which reposes in lenslike fashion adjacent to this 

 funnel. In any case it is clear that there was much scouring and 

 filling at this point, and this involved the lower as well as the 

 upper deposit. This suggests that the scour and fill arose from the 

 course of the stream at this point — some turn, perhaps, or some 

 configuration of its channel. 



The peculiar funnel-like filling marked 36 was so obvious as 

 to suggest the. name "funnel," as it was evidently a deep hole in 

 the creek bed filled with alluvium. After the photographs were 

 taken, further excavations were made, and at the bottom of the 

 funnel the carapaces of two turtles were found. One of these, 

 still firm and strong, has already been referred to (p. 676). 

 With further horizontal digging into the bank the funnel quickly 

 disappeared. 



This particular locality has been a gold mine for bone-collecting, 

 and far more excavating has been done here than at any other point. 

 The writer suspects that one reason why this particular area has 

 proved so prolific in results is that there was an exceptional rework- 

 ing of material by the -stream at this point, resulting in a greater 

 concentration of bones, pottery, and coarser material. At the same 

 time, this material was left in more unusual positions than in places 

 where the stream action has been simpler. In fact, small lenses 

 and stringers of shells derived from the erosion of the underlying 

 marine coquina are frequently seen here, not only in the lower 

 creek deposit, but in the upper creek deposit as well. If, then, the 

 upper creek deposit has received an appreciable portion of its 

 material from the more deeply buried marine beds, how much more 

 of its material must have been derived from the far more accessible 

 lower creek deposits which overlie these marine beds. The mixing 

 of materials is obvious. 



In view of the similarity of the upper and lower creek deposits, 

 and the inevitable difficulty of drawing a perfect line of division 

 between them; in view of the actual differences of opinion as to 



