228 ABORIGINAL SITES ON TENNESSEE RIVER. 
MOUND NEAR NORTH CAROLINA LANDING, HARDIN County, TENNESSEE. 
On property of Mr. H. B. McGee, living somewhat back from the river, is a 
mound in a cultivated field, about one-half mile SW. from North Carolina Land- 
ing. 'The mound is without corners, the sides slope gently, and the top is convex. 
It is impossible to say what shape the elevation may have had, as it has been 
incorporated in the field, all the cultivation of which is shared by the mound. 
Its length is 90 feet; its width, 55 feet. Its height, as taken by us, was some- 
what more than 5 feet, but it became evident in the course of the digging that 
the debris of the dwelling-site, which the surrounding field had been, had aecu- 
mulated around the mound, thus impairing its original height. 
Fic. 22.—Bottle of earthenware. North Carolina Landing, Tenn, (Height 8.7 inches.) 
Centrally a hole 8 feet by 10 feet was sunk and the height of the mound from 
the original surface was determined as 7 feet. Remains of two post-holes were 
found in the digging, and of several fireplaces at different depths, one having 
had the outline of a basin. 
Though parts of à human skull and several teeth were on the surface of the 
mound at the time of our visit, no bones or artifacts were encountered in the 
