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exceptions, no incised decoration was present in the mound, all other vessels being 

 undecorated, or bearing the complicated stamp. 



A feature in the mound was the 

 presence of a number of bases of vessels 

 lying unassociated, which showed that 

 the knocking out of basal portions in ful- 

 filment of the mortuary rite was some- 

 times attended to at the mound and the 

 bases scattered throughout the sand. 



A quadrilateral vessel, with sides 

 tapering somewhat to the base, which is 

 flat, has a decoration similar on each side, 

 shown in Fig. 54. Height, 9 inches; 

 maximum diameter, 7 inches. 



With the vessel just described, 

 Avhich came almost exactly from the 

 center of the mound, was another with 

 decoration of broad, incised lines, shown 

 in Fig. 55. 



Three sherds with complicated 

 stamps are shown in Figs. 56, 57, 58 ; 

 also a vessel with the same type of deco- 

 ration, which we believe came from this 

 mound, though the label formerly upon 

 it has disappeared (Fig. 59). 



Fig. 55. 



-Vessel of earthenware. Mouiul near Anderson's 

 Bayou. (Half size.) 





Fig. 56. — Sherd. Mound near Anderson's Bayou. 

 (Four-fifths size.) 



Fig. 57. 



-Sherd. Mound near Anderson's Bayou. 

 (Pour-flfths size.) 



