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ABORIGINAL SITES ON TENNESSEE RIVER. 381 
Burial No. 50, a young child, bones badly decayed, 33 inches down, having 
shell beads at the neck. 
Burial No. 51, partly flexed on the left, the head SSE.; depth, 3 feet. With 
this burial was a pipe of indurated clay, having a small part missing from the 
end which received the stem. 
Burial No. 52, a child, the bones much decayed; depth, 34 inches. At the 
neck were shell beads, and at the chest a shell gorget of the human-face variety, 
very badly decayed. Beside it was a broken bowl of earthenware, undecorated 
except for small projections which probably represent head, tail, and fins, an 
effort to bring it into the effigy class. 
Fra. 92.—Gorget of shell, having a conventional rattlesnake design. With Burial No. 56. Сійсо, 
Tenn. (About full size. 
Burial No. 53, a child, 40 inches down. At the neck were shell beads, each 
flat, oblong, and notched on two opposite sides, which had served to suspend a 
gorget lying on the chest, bearing an engraved design representing the con- 
ventional rattlesnake, part of which had scaled away through the action of 
moisture. 
Burial No. 55, partly flexed on the right, head NW.; depth, 40 inches. Shell 
beads were at the neck. 
