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were at the thorax and at the knees. Three vessels of coarse ware, undecorated, 
crushed, had been in line parallel to the right thigh. 
Burial No. 88, adolescent, extended on the back. At the left thigh were a 
celt of indurated shale, 3.7 inches long, with double cutting edge, and a coarse, 
undecorated vessel badly crushed. 
Burial No. 89, partly flexed to the left. Under the knees was a coarse, 
undecorated bowl, and a vessel, also of inferior ware, filled with carbonized 
organic matter. Near the skull was a small, earthenware 
pipe (Fig. 78) which was somewhat broken by a blow from 
a trowel but has since been restored. Near this burial was 
an object of wood which had been copper-coated. 
Burial No. 90. Rising water on the last day of our in- 
vestigation prevented determination as to the form of this 
burial. 
Burial No. 91, adolescent, slightly flexed to the left. Oli- 
vella shells, pierced for suspension, lay with this burial. Fia Pipe oF 
Burial No. 92, disturbance. earthenware. With 
Found apart from bones or near scattered ones were three Burial No. 89. Ben- 
celts of moderate size, found separately, a discoidal of quartz е 
(not bicave), 4 inches in diameter; a ceremonial axe of the 
hoe-shaped variety, of indurated shale, 5.8 inches long; and two small knives 
of flint. The ceremonial axe and the knives lay together, just below the sur- 
face, entirely away from burials and probably constituted a cache. Holmes,’ 
speaking of these hoe-shaped axes, says: ‘A suggestion of cultural connection 
with South America is found in the frequent occurrence in this [Florida] and 
other Gulf states of a perforated hoe-shaped stone implement which corre- 
sponds closely with a type of ax prevalent in South America. It is believed to 
have had only a ceremonial use north of the Gulf.” 
Other objects found were: most of a small, shell gorget having excisions to 
form a cross of the cardinal directions; two large musselshells, each to receive a 
handle, fitting them for use as hoes; an imperforate disk of shell 1.5 inch in diam- 
eter; a rude, undecorated vessel of earthenware; part of a coarse vessel having 
had an animal’s head as decoration; the penis-bone of a raccoon, the end sharp- 
ened for use as an implement; jaw of a black bear. 
Movwnp B. 
Mound B, a few yards NNE. from Mound A, had an area of about 50 feet 
square. Its maximum height above the water was about one foot, and holes a 
ereater depth than that became quickly filled. 
1 William H. Holmes, “Areas of American Culture Characterization Tentatively Outlined as 
an Aid in the Study of American Antiquities,” American Anthropologist, July-Sept., 1914, p. 423. 
