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ment intended for practical use would be shaped from it. At the left forearm was 
a flint chisel, and at the left of the skull, a bottle. 
Burial No, 164, adult, had as mortuary deposit, a bowl, a bottle, and seven 
badly decayed mussel-shells arranged in a pile, one within the other. 
Burial No. 167, a child, had two pots, one on the right and one on the left 
elbow. A bottle was over the right shoulder. At each side of the head was.a 
shell ear-plug, and at the neck were a small conch-shell perforated at the beak for 
suspension, and the spires of three similar shells each with a hole for suspension. 
Below the chin, on the chest, was a shell gorget of triangular form, which one 
usually finds decorated with a representation of a human face. In this instance, 
however, only holes for suspension are present. At the right forearm were two dis- 
coidal stones, each about 2.5 inches in diameter, and a small, flat, circular pebble. 
Burial No. 168, adult, had at the right of the skull a tortoise shell, and at the 
left of it two bottles and a bowl. 
Burial No. 171, adolescent, accompanied with seven vessels, one of which, a 
bowl, contained a pot in which was an astragalus of a deer, carefully smoothed as 
to some of its sides. In the containing bowl was a small pebble. Another bow] of 
this group held a pot in which was another astragalus of a deer, also squared for 
use in gaming. At the right side of the pelvis was a piercing implement of bone. 
Burial No. 182, a child, in addition to a bottle and a bowl over the pelvis, had 
on the chest the remains of an undecorated gorget of shell. 
Burial No. 185, adult, had near the skull a bottle, and at the right elbow a 
bottle and a bowl. Under the bottle was a flat pebble. 
Burial No. 188, an adult with lower extremities cut away through aboriginal 
disturbance, had a cup and a bottle at the right humerus, and at the right shoulder, 
a bowl. At the left shoulder was а perforated disk made from a fragment of pottery 
vessel, and a wing-bone of a bird. 
Burial No. 202, adult, had shell ear-plugs, one at each side of the head, with a 
perforation for attachment at the end of the shank of each. 
Burial No. 222, adult, had a small quantity of red pigment near the skull. A 
bowl and a pot were with this burial. 
Burial No. 228, a child, in addition to a bottle, a pot, a bowl, and a toy pot, 
had two ear-plugs of shell, of the kind almost universally found at Pecan Point, but 
having at the end of each shank a hole to fasten the ornament more securely. In 
addition this burial had a pair of the blunt-pin, or nail-shaped variety of ear-plugs, 
short with rounded head. At the neck were shell beads and а small pendant of 
tale (?), roughly three-sided, tapering slightly toward one end and having a perfora- 
tion for suspension. 
Burial No. 254, adult, had as mortuary deposit, a bowl, a bottle, and two 
shell beads. 
Burial No. 272, adolescent. One shell bead lay at the neck of this burial, 
with which also one bottle had been deposited. 
Burial No. 300, adult. At the right humerus was a leaf-shaped weapon of 
