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before interment and hence were not found. These pipes were not immediately 
associated with burials, though human bones were found not far distant. 
With disturbed bones, together, 
were Vessels Nos. 31, 32, and 33. Ves- 
sel No. 51, a сар, has a kind of mean- 
der in a cross-hatch field (Fig. 133). 
Vessel No. 32 was badly broken. Ves- 
sel No. 55, also in fragments, proved 
to be a small bowl with slightly inver- 
ted rim and incised decoration consist- 
ing of two encircling, parallel lines 
. passing under four equidistant protu- 
berances situated slightly below the 
rim, 
With Burial No. 40, a skull and 
а few decaying bones probably repre- 
FIG. 135.— Vessel No. 37. Mound О. (Diameter 4.25 inches.) senting a skeleton, were Vessels Nos. 
34 and 35. Nearby were Vessel No. 
26, in fragments, and a mass of galena (lead sulphide) the surface of which is coated 
with a cream-colored deposit of carbonate of lead, suitable for use as paint. Vessel 
No. 54 is a small, coarse, undecorated, wide-mouthed water-bottle. Vessel No. 55, 
a small, coarse bowl, has rudely executed, incised, curved lines below an in-turned 
rim. Vessel No. 36 was badly broken. Adhering to fragments of bone belonging to 
the trunk of this burial, enveloped in decayed wood or bark, was a circular gorget 
of sheet-copper, 6.5 inches in diameter, which broke slightly on removal. This gor- 
get, pieced together, shows a central swastika formed by excision, surrounded by 
many repoussé circles (Fig. 154). 
Vessel No. 57, of eccentric form (Fig. 135), is of a type once before represented 
in our seareh at Moundville, in which a portion of the rim is much lower than the 
remainder. This vessel has been repaired and slightly restored. 
In the northeastern corner of the mound, near a disturbed burial, was an orna- 
ment of sheet-copper in fragments and a small mass of lead sulphide. At the distal 
end of one femur belonging to this burial were large shell beads, and similar shell 
beads were at the distal extremities of the leg bones, which were in the pit at some 
distance from the femurs. 
With a burial was a ball of black substance, about two inches in diameter, 
showing various facets where presumably material had been rubbed off for use as 
paint. Analysis by Dr. H. F. Keller proved the mineral to be psilomelane, a 
hydrated peroxide of manganese containing considerable quantities of oxide of 
cobalt. 
Shell beads twice, fragments of sheet-copper twice, and single ear-plugs three 
times, were found in this mound in addition to examples given in detailed description. 
In this mound human bones were met with in forty-two places, exclusive of 
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