CERTAIN ABORIGINAL REMAINS, BLACK WARRIOR RIVER. 155 
Moundville (Fig. 30). Vessel No. 9, repaired, shows an incised meander around 
the body (Fig. 31). 
Near a dark stain in the soil, which 
possibly indicated where a skeleton had 
disappeared through decay, was a pend- 
ant of sheet-copper, encased in decayed 
wood. In the upper part are excisions 
to form a swastika, and an excised trian- 
gle below (Fig. 32). With this pendant 
were small fragments of another. 
In a pit in which were other bones, 
apart from artifacts, was a mass of galena 
about the size of a child’s fist, with frag- 
ments of bone. This galena, or sulphide 
of lead, was heavily coated with carbonate 
Fr. 29.—Part of sheet-copper gorget. Mound С. 
" 5 К (Full size.) 
of lead, which could readily be used as 
paint. In the same pit, but deeper, lying near a few small bits of skull, was a dise, 
probably of fine-grained gneiss, 16 inches in diameter, without decoration. Nearby, 
above the dise, were small fragments of sheet-copper and Vessel No. 9а, crushed to 
FIG. 30.—Vessel No.8. Mound С. (Height 7 inches.) 
