178 CERTAIN ABORIGINAL REMAINS, BLACK WARRIOR RIVER. 
Vessel No. 11, a small, undecorated bowl; and Vessel No. 12, a water-bottle, also 
small and undecorated. 
In addition to the burials already described, there were in the mound, without 
artifacts : 
Skeletons full length on back, one of an adolescent—8. 
Skeleton at full length, face down—1. 
Scattered deporta of bones—2. 
Aboriginal d disturbance 8—5. 
Infant skeletons, badly decayed, two side by side—4. 
There were also instances where bones had been widely scattered in pits over 
burials. In one case the bones of a child were mingled with the soil that filled a 
pit, on the bottom of which lay a skeleton. 
FIELD Ховтн or MOUND Р. 
A short distance north of Mound D is a cultivated field, about two acres in 
extent, having rising ground, artificially made, on the northern and southern ex- 
tremities, and dark soil such as is found in dwelling sites. We were guided to this 
field (marked W on the survey) by а colored man who sold to us a dise of meta- 
morphic gneiss, 7.25 inches in diameter (Fig. 66), which he said he had ploughed 
up at that place. 
Two days were devoted by us to this field, with a digging force averaging six- 
teen men. In the southern part of the field alone were artifacts discovered, with 
the exception of one shell bead. 
Burials ranged in depth from superficial to 4.5 feet. Those near the surface 
lay in the dark soil that covered the field, made up of sand, clay, and the remains 
of organic matter. The deeper burials were in pits extending into yellow sand in 
places, into yellow clay in others, which underlay the artificial soil that had accu- 
mulated during and since the use of the field as an aboriginal place of abode. Other 
pits present in the field, including one 6 feet deep, contained no human remains. 
In the southern end of the field were : 
Bunched burials—2. 
Skeletons flexed on the right side—3. 
Skeletons flexed on the left side—3. 
Skeleton closely flexed on the left side— 1. 
Skeletons at full length on the back—15. 
Skeleton of an infant, badly decayed—1. 
Skeleton of a child, badly decayed—1. 
In addition, there were recent disturbances rising from cultivation of the soil, 
aboriginal disturbances, and many scattered bones whose form of burial we were 
unable to classify. 
On the surface and in the dark soil of the dwelling site were many pebbles; 
pebble-hammers ; sandstone hones; pitted stones, triangular as a rule; and frag- 
ments of coarse earthenware, many having loop-handles. There were present, also, 
