ABORIGINAL SITES ON TENNESSEE RIVER. 239 
broken when found. The bottle we have figured is symmetrical and exhibits 
much more ambition on the part of its maker than any we encountered to this 
point on Tennessee river, except possibly the one found by us in the mound 
at Pittsburg Ferry, somewhat farther back. The bottle from Baugh’s Landing, 
however, has trailed decoration of a quality better than any seen by us in Ten- 
nessee 
Fic. 25.— Vessel of earthenware of a kind found principally in northern Alabama. With Burial 
No. 9. Baugh’s Landing, Ala. (Height 4.8 inches.) 
Mr. Baugh, the owner, had an earthenware pipe which he said had been 
plowed up on the site under description. This pipe, which was examined by 
members of our party, has a flat base projecting somewhat beyond the bowl. 
The bowl of the pipe had been modeled to resemble an ordinary bowl in use for 
domestic purposes, having four loop-handles, which, however, had been partly 
broken off. Around the body of the bowl are knobs similar to those shown by 
us on the vessel from this place. 
MOUNDS NEAR RIVERTON, COLBERT COUNTY, ALABAMA. 
In a cultivated field belonging to Messrs. Buchanan and Sloan, of Riverton, 
Ala., about 200 yards SE. from the government building at the entrance to 
Colbert Shoal canal, is a mound which at the time of our visit was 5 feet 6 inches 
in height and about 100 feet in diameter. This mound, a mixture of sand and 
