160 CERTAIN ABORIGINAL REMAINS, BLACK WARRIOR RIVER. 
Fic. 37.—Vessel No. 13. Mound С. (Height 6 inches.) 
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with clay; this was covered with a black substance 2.5 inches thick, possibly de- 
cayed vegetable matter. The gray material, analyzed by Dr. H. F. Keller, proved 
to consist * principally of carbonate of lime with admixed sea-sand. The color, a 
dirty brownish, is due to a hydrated oxide of manganese, of which the mixture 
contains a very notable amount. The brown specks are distinctly visible under the 
magnifying glass, and evolve chlorine from hydrochloric acid when the material is 
treated with this solvent.” 
Vessel No. 14, а broad-mouthed 
water-bottle, with rude, incised scroll 
decoration, lay in fragments, apart from 
human remains. 
With a few fragments of bones of a 
child lay, one upon the other, what was 
left by decay and the blow of a spade, of 
two circular sheet-copper ornaments. In 
the center of each, four excised spaces 
form a swastika. On one of the discs are 
rows composed of many small pearls re- 
maining as when strung (Fig. 38). " 
A highly-polished and beautifully 18 39- Coree ieuna C Pal к 
made discoidal stone of brown and white 
conglomerate, presenting a striking appearance, lay apart from human remains. 
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ith string of pearls. 
found C. (Full size.) 
