142 CERTAIN ABORIGINAL REMAINS, BLACK WARRIOR RIVER. 
all about 2.5 feet deep, were excavated through loamy material to undisturbed soil. 
No human remains were encountered. The only object of interest met with among 
the usual midden debris was a hoe-shaped implement of granitic rock, 5 inches long 
by 4.75 inches wide. An attempt at perforation has been almost carried through 
on one side, but has been barely started on the other side (Fig. 11). 
In a paper by us, published 
in 1903, we adduced considerable 
evidence to prove, what others 
had suggested before, that the so- 
called hoe-shaped implement is a 
ceremonial axe. 
Frp West or Mounn B. 
This field, lying directly to 
the west of Mound В, and соп- 
siderably smaller than the one 
just described, was rather un- 
promising in appearance. Eight 
trial-holes gave no material result, 
and, from the appearance of the 
soil, no promise of success. 
On the border of this field, 
overlooking a deep gully made 
by wash of rain, were several 
slight eminences consisting of a 
mixture of loamy sand and clay, 
in part washed away. These undu- 
Fre. теше, A N азер яи lations, small, low, and of irregular 
shape, were thoroughly searched. 
In a mingling of bones in which at least three adults and one child were rep- 
resented, was Vessel No. 1, a small bowl with three protuberances on one side and 
three on the other—doubtless conventionalized head, tail, and four legs (Fig. 12). 
Fig. 12.— Vessel No.1. Field west of Mound В. Fic. 13.— Vessel No. = 52 hae of Mound B. 
(Diameter: 5.4 inches.) (Diameter 6 in 
' “The So-called * Hoe-shaped Implement, ” Amer. Anthropologist, Vol. V, pp. 498-502, July- 
September, 1905. 
