556 THE NORTHWESTERN FLORIDA COAST REVISITED. 
remains of the lower extremities and remnants of teeth. Charcoal lay above 
where the head and trunk had been, but there was no evidence of heat on the 
surrounding clayey sand, of which the mound was composed. 
Fic. 29.— Vessel of earthenware. Mound near Hardnut Landing. (Height 6.5 inches.) 
Burial No. 8 lay alongside the pottery deposit. Near this burial were char- 
coal and a fireplace. 
A general mortuary deposit of earthenware began near the east by south 
part of the margin of the mound, extending in about 14 feet and including frag- 
ments of conch shells which probably had been drinking-cups. 
Nearly all the vessels, few of which were entire or were even represented by 
