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ment, preserved by the copper salts, were the remains of matting with which the 
burial probably had been covered. On the inner side were fibrous remains badly 
decayed. At the left of the skull was a bowl, and at the left shoulder a vessel of 
the well-known **teapot" class. At the outer side of the left elbow was а ceremo- 
nial axe of quartzite, of what is known as the hoe-shaped variety, 5.25 inches in 
length, without the perforation which these axes usually have. 
Burial No. 15, adult, partly flexed on the right side, had a flint knife 4.1 inches 
in length, with a double serrated edge, at the right fore-arm. At the left elbow 
was a bowl resting in another bowl, near which was a lump of kaolin,’ probably 
used for pigment. At the left shoulder was a bottle resting on a bit of sandstone. 
Near the skull of this burial were two discoidal stones, one of fossiliferous lime- 
stone, the other roughly rounded from a pebble. A few decaying shell beads lay 
at the neck. 
Burial No. 22, adult, was the one to which reference has been made as having 
been found in the summit-plateau of the mound. This skeleton, which was partly 
flexed on the right side, lay 4 feet down, a depth greater than that of any other 
burial found by us at the Kent Place. At the left of the skull was a rude orna- 
ment of sheet-copper, 7.75 inches in length and 3.5 inches in maximum width, and 
having three perforations at one end for suspension or attachment. Small bits of 
copper had been pieced on with rivets to complete the ornament. At the neck 
were shell beads and glass beads mingled. At the left of the pelvis was a bowl, 
and a few badly decayed shell beads lay at the left knee. 
Burial No. 32, adult, at full length on the back, had at the left hand four badly 
decayed mussel-shells, each with a small perforation centrally placed in the shell 
and not just below the hinge as perforations of this kind usually are found in such 
shells. 
Sixty-nine vessels of earthenware lay with the burials at the Kent Place. 
These vessels, many of which were very badly crushed, never exceeded five with a 
single burial, and, as we have said, often had been placed at parts of the body other 
than the head. 
The majority of vessels from this place were of inferior ware and of most com- 
mon forms, though the use of color for decoration on the pottery had been popular 
among the aboriginal dwellers at the place, since no fewer than fourteen vessels 
bore decoration conferred by use of red pigment, while four had designs of red and 
white paint, and two others red and white pigment with black coloring material in 
addition. Many of the red vessels, however, were disintegrated beyond redemp- 
tion, while of the coloring material that had been on them but a small portion 
remained. 
At this place, presumably, the more wealthy or influential individuals dwelt 
together, inasmuch as every vessel or other artifact of any interest found at the 
1 Of this material Doctor Keller writes: “That marked ‘Kent Place, Lee County, Ark., is a 
pure kaolin. It is very soft and friable and the powder consists of microscopic crystalline scales. It 
is only slightly discolored upon ignition, and a rough quantitative analysis gave silica 47.3% ; alumina 
38.7% ; water 13.9%; and a trace of lime. This is very nearly the composition of pure kaolinite. 
52 JODRN. А. N. S. PHILA., VOL. XIV. 
