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THE NORTHWESTERN FLORIDA COAST REVISITED. 561 
MOUNDS IN BIRD HAMMOCK, WAKULLA COUNTY. 
This site on the Nolan estate, under control of Mr. W. H. Walker, of Talla- 
hassee, Fla., was reached by us by landing on the west bank of Wakulla river, 
about two miles above the town of St. Marks, and walking inland approximately 
two miles in a westerly direction to Bird Hammock, over an old road used by 
turpentine workers. The site includes two mounds between which are various 
low humps and ridges, all of artificial origin. 
MOUND A. 
Mound A, the northernmost of all, dug into superficially before our visit, 
was 8 feet 6 inches in height and 66 feet across its circular base. The entire 
eastern half of the mound, and much in addition, was dug down by us. 
Fig. 32.— Vessel No. 8. Front view. Mound A, Fic. 33.— Vessel No. 8. Side view. 
Bird Hammock. (Height 10.5 inches.) 
The pottery deposit, represented by sherds at first, extended almost from the 
margin to the center of the mound, largely in the eastern and southeastern parts. 
The deposit was made up mainly of fragments of parts of vessels and of undecor- 
