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incised encircling lines, is made up of linear impressions around the neck, six deep 

 in places, in others, seven. 



Fig. 26.— Vessel Xo. 35. Larger 

 mound near Burnt Mill Creek. 

 (Half size.) 



Fig. 27. — Vessel No. 35. Decoration. 

 Larger mound near Burnt Mill 

 Creek. (Half size.) 



Smaller Mound near Burnt Mill Creek, Washington County. 



The mound, said to be on property belonging to the State of Florida, is on 

 ground formerly cultivated, about 1 mile in a northerly direction from the mouth of 

 Burnt Mill creek. This mound, which was leveled by us, had a basal diameter of 

 28 feet; a height of about 2.5 feet. A hole in the center dug prior to our coming, 

 involved about one-quarter of the mound. If human remains had been spared by 

 decay, they must have occupied this central space as no trace of bones was met with 

 b}' us. Nor was charcoal present or blackened sand. 



Near the margin of the NE. part 

 of the mound, continuins; in under the 

 sloping portion, was a deposit of earthen- 

 ware vessels all within an area not over 

 7 feet in diameter and, as a rule, in, or 

 almost in, actual contact, many being 

 crushed one into the other. Of these, 

 29 vessels were recognized as whole or 

 having been entire or nearly so before 

 they were crushed by weight of sand. 

 In addition to our count, however, must 

 be included many other vessels hope- 

 lessly broken to small fragments and 

 These vessels, with four exceptions, were bowls, pots and jars, of 

 ordinary type from 1 pint to 2 gallons capacity, approximately, mostly of thin and 

 inferior ware which a long period of soaking had reduced to a sodden condition, 

 unable to withstand the pressure of surrounding sand. A few vessels, however, 

 were of somewhat better quality. 



Fig. 28. — Sherd. Smaller mound near Burnt Mill Creek, 

 (About two-thirds size.) 



intermingled 



