892 ABORIGINAL SITES ON TENNESSEE RIVER. 
of the same material, about 2 inches in diameter, pitted on opposite sides; a 
small flint drill. 
Probably the two tibiæ (Burial No..7) belonged to the same class of inter- 
ments as did some of the others found in this mound. There is a chance, how- 
ever, that more of the skeleton was present in the grave and was thrown back 
by the digger, inasmuch as four arrowheads, together, were found 2 feet from 
the tibie and may have been a deposit with or near the remainder of the skeleton. 
This, however, is very unlikely, unless the bones were hardly more than pow- 
der, as not only was the digger watching carefully, but our entire party as 
well. 
In the mound, apart from burials, were two arrowheads of flint, having stems 
and shoulders. 
On parts of the field surrounding the mound was a slight sprinkling of midden- 
debris, with which were found four celts, two of them broken, one probably of 
schistose rock and showing a polished surface only where ground on its rather 
graceful cutting-edge. There came also from this site a conical pestle and four 
arrowheads. | 
DWELLING-SITE ON THE Davis PLACE, JAMES COUNTY. 
A few yards from the river-bank, on the Davis Place, which is part of the 
old Thatcher Place and belongs to Mr. J. W. Davis, who lives somewhat farther 
back toward the hills, is a small, aboriginal dwelling-site, on the surface of which 
lay some debris. At one end of the site was a slight rise which seemed to have 
been a place of burial. In addition to bones disturbed by cultivation of the field, 
part of which the site was, five burials were encountered, as follows: 
Burial No. 1, partly flexed on the right, the head SW., 10 inches down. A 
rude, undecorated pot lay in fragments near the cranium. 
Burial No. 2, partly flexed on the left. The skull, which had been struck by 
a plow, had been directed N. by W. 
Burial No. 3, partly flexed on the right, head NE., 18 inches down. Part of 
a celt lay at the inner side of the right elbow, while under the left arm was a 
pebble much resembling a celt in outline and probably a mortuary substitute for 
one. 
Burial No. 4, a child, 15 inches down. On the chin, around the neck, and 
on the back of the head were forty discoidal beads of shell which probably had 
been strung around the neck but had been displaced when the body was laid in 
the grave. These beads, varying in size between 1.9 ineh and .8 inch in 
diameter, are pierced through the lesser diameter, so that when strung they 
were face to face and were found by us in rouleaux. 
Burial No. 5, the trunk on the back and thighs extended in the same line, 
the legs drawn close to the thighs, the feet to the right, the skull ESE., 14 inches 
down. 
