CERTAIN ABORIGINAL REMAINS, BLACK WARRIOR RIVER. 195 
Vessels Nos. 1 and 2, a water-bottle and a bowl, respectively, both of coarse 
ware, and each with rude, incised decoration. were found apart from human remains, 
which, probably, had been dug away. The water-bottle, which stood upright, had 
on its neck the bowl inverted. 
Vessel No. 3, an undecorated water-bottle, found somewhat broken, has since 
been pieced together (Fig. 100). 
Burial No. 1, an adult lying at full length, had fourteen shell beads, each .75 
inch in diameter, at the ankles, and eight of about the same size at the right 
wrist. On the chest were 407 spool-shaped shell beads, neatly made, ranging be- 
tween .4 and . of an inch in length (Fig. 101), and also a number badly broken. 
At the right shoulder and arm were 266 tubular beads of shell, ranging from 1 inch 
to 1.75 inch in length. With these beads were three of the kind found at the 
ankles, and several bits of shell, the use of which was not apparent. Under the 
Fig. 102.—Gorget of copper. Mound Н. 
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chin were fragments of a sheet-copper gorget which, partly pieced together, is seen 
to have been а six-pointed star enclosed within a circle and having a repoussée eye 
in the center (Fig. 102). With this gorget was a number of small, perforated pearls 
used as beads. Near the head, where the hair had been, was an ornament of sheet- 
copper that fell into small fragments on removal. Оп the other side of the head 
was a button-shaped object of wood, perhaps an ear-plug, about .75 inch in diameter, 
with an encircling groove, and copper-coated on the upper, or convex side. 
Apart from human remains, and alone, was a small, circular ornament of sheet- 
copper, with a beaded margin and a central concavo-convex boss. А broken jasper 
arrowhead also lay alone. 
