270 ABORIGINAL SITES ON TENNESSEE RIVER. 
in outline; a dise of wood, copper-coated, 1.9 inch in diameter, evidently part of 
an ear-plug; the skull of a dog; a bone of a turkey; several piereing implements 
of bone; part of an antler smoothed at both ends, possibly intended for a handle; 
a diseoidal of quartz, 3 inches in diameter; a graceful lancehead of flint, 3.75 
inches in length. 
A pit of considerable size, traceable from the surface down, filled with shells 
and some midden soil, probably had been in use for refuse. At all events no 
bones were present in it. 
Digging in other parts of the site was without success, no place being found 
where the midden soil was of any considerable depth. 
MOUND ON THE STEEL PLACE, LIMESTONE COUNTY, ALABAMA. 
On a property said to belong to Mr. Arthur Steel, residence unknown, is a 
mound a few yards from the landing, about 12 feet in height. This mound, 
which evidently has been a domiciliary one, has been cut away in part to permit 
the erection of a building. We were informed by a tenant that nothing had 
been found at the time of the partial demolition of the mound. A short distance 
from this mound is a small one, evidently much worn away, on which is a building. 
No digging was done by us at this place. 
MOUND AT DECATUR, ALABAMA. 
In the yard of the H. H. Hitt Lumber Company, of Decatur, Ala., is a mound 
somewhat the worse for time, about 10.5 feet in height and approximately 80 
feet and 95 feet in diameters of base. "The mound evidently had belonged to 
the domiciliary class, and although Mr. Hitt, president of the company, placed 
it at our disposal, we decided, under the circumstances, it would be inexpedient 
to dig into it, as mounds of this kind, as we so often have had occasion to say, 
rarely yield any return. — | 
MOUND AND DWELLING-SITE NEAR SOUTH FLINT River, MORGAN 
COUNTY, ALABAMA. 
On the river bank, about 100 yards above the mouth of South Flint river, 
on property belonging to Mr. J. B. Gilchrist, of Courtland, Ala., was a mound 
5 feet in height and 45 feet across its base, which was about circular. This 
mound had been dug into previous to our coming, but though the hole, which 
was central, had been of considerable size at the surface, it converged suddenly 
and before reaching the base of the mound was of insignificant proportions. 
An excavation 16 feet square was put down by us, showing the top of the 
mound to be 6 feet 3 inches above the base, which consisted of 2 or 3 inches of 
very dark midden soil, beneath which was a solid deposit of shell, no doubt 
part of the dwelling-site which was contiguous to the mound. The mound 
itself was of raw clay without any admixture of organic matter. In the upper 
two feet of the mound, in addition to loose bones thrown out by former diggers, 
