ABORIGINAL SITES ON TENNESSEE RIVER. 207 
Burial No. 29, a child. At the head was a pot having two loop-handles. 
On the thorax, with two shell beads, was a scalloped, shell gorget having two 
perforations for suspension and on the concave side two concentrie circles, the 
outer one being in line with the perforations. Below the gorget was an orna- 
ment of the pin-shaped variety. An undecorated bottle, 8.3 inches in diameter, 
having a wide neck 1.1 inch in height, was at the pelvis. As a rule in this site 
the vessels of a size for use by adults had been placed with burials of children, 
which usually is not the case elsewhere. 
Fic. 41.— Vessel of earthenware. With Burial No. 23. Mason Island, Ala. (Height 3.8 inches.) 
Burial No. 32, closely flexed on the right. At the head was a pot having 
knobs around the opening, and containing a small pot having had two loop- 
handles, one of which was missing. | 
Burial No. 33, a child. On the side of the head was a pot having two loop- 
handles, and inside it a shell spoon and two flat beads made from a very thick 
musselshell, one of which broke into flakes on removal. On the opposite side 
of the head was an undecorated bottle having a wide mouth. Also near the 
head, where probably it had fallen from the thorax, was an undecorated gorget 
of shell. In position at the neck, where most likely they had been attached 
to the gorget, were a number of shell beads and two small, baroque pearls, 
pierced for stringing. At the feet was an undecorated pot having a pair of 
loop-handles. This vessel was badly broken, as were nearly all the earthenware 
vessels found at this site. 
Burial No. 34, closely flexed on the back. At the left shoulder was a bowl 
having a crimped decoration at the margin, inside of which was another bowl 
