ABORIGINAL SITES ON TENNESSEE RIVER. 307 
between .5 inch and 1.1 inch, the latter being sections of the columella of the 
conch. With these were two Oliva shells pierced for stringing. 
Burial No. 26, a child near whose body had been placed an undecorated 
bowl. А spoon carved from a musselshell lay at the pelvis. 
Burial No. 27, a child. At the skull was an undecorated pot, having had 
two loop-handles, one of which is missing. 
Fia. 56.— Vessel of earthenware. With Burial No. 29. Pine Island, Ala. (Height 5.6 inches.) 
Burial No. 29, flexed, had at the left shoulder a vessel bearing a small amount 
of incised decoration, shown in Fig. 56 as illustrating the best of the ware from 
this place. The skull of this skeleton was saved. | 
Burial No. 32, a child, having at the neck seven marine shells (Oliva sayana) 
pierced longitudinally for use as beads, and in front of the face an undecorated 
pot with one of two handles missing. 
Burial No. 33, a child. At the neck were two shell beads of fair size, and 
at the head an undecorated vessel with two handles, containing a decaying 
musselshell that no doubt had served as a spoon. 
Burial No. 38, a child about eight years of age, lying at a depth of 4 feet 4 
inches, From the neck to the pelvis and at the knees were quantities of glass 
beads and afew of shell. Across the chest, in line, near other beads were four dises 
of shell, the largest 2.2 inches by 1.8 inch in diameter, each having a perforation 
on two opposite sides near the margin and showing where a cord had extended 
across the front. With these ornaments were two tubular beads of shell, each 
2 inches in length. On each forearm was heavy iron wire twisted to form a 
