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by us in the Rose Mound! on St. Francis River, Ark. The shade of the pig- 
ment on this bowl from the Bennett mound differs from that usually found on 
aboriginal ware decorated in red, being richer and resembling closely the color 
of the material found by us with certain burials along Red river, in Arkansas, 
that proved to be red oxide of iron which had been subjected to heat. 
Burial No. 76, partly flexed to the left. 
Fic. 76.— Vessel of earthenware. With Burial No. 77. Bennett Place, Tenn. (Height 13.75 inches.) 
Burial No. 77, closely flexed on the right. At the head was a bottle in 
many fragments which have been put together (Fig. 76), the head probably 
representing that of some animal or perhaps a human head. An attempt has 
been made to indicate the ears. At the neck were a few shell beads. 
Burial No. 78, closely flexed on the left. About one foot from this burial 
lay a beautiful ceremonial axe of indurated shale, 8.9 inches in length, width of 
blade 2.9 inches, width of opposite end 1.1 inch, flaring at the cutting edge as 
1 “Antiquities of the St. Francis River," etc., Journ. Acad. Nat. Sci. Phila., Vol. XIV, Plate XII. 
