190 CERTAIN ABORIGINAL REMAINS OF THE NW. FLORIDA COAST. 



tion, continued on toward the center of the mound, never immediately with burials, 

 but som.etimes in their vicinitj, perhaps two or three feet away. 



A number of fragments of 

 vessels had the basal perforation 

 made before baking. 



But two vessels worth de- 

 tailed description were taken by 

 us from this mound. 



Vessel No. 1. — This vessel, 

 of eccentric form, elliptical in 

 cross section, bears traces of 

 crimson jjigment inside and out ; 

 on one side is raised decoration, 

 on the other, the same pattern 

 is shown but with deeply incised 

 lines. Two holes are on the 

 same side of the vessel for use 

 for suspension or attachment 

 (Fig. 109). Perforations thus 

 placed, the reader will recall, 

 were found by us in a vessel in 

 the mound at Pearl bayou. 

 From this time on we were des- 

 tined to meet a number of them. 

 Vessel No. 2. — A fine ex- 

 ample of the "freak," or ceremonial, ready-made, mortuary Avare, having not only 

 a perforation made in the base before baking, but holes throughout the body of the 

 vessel. The vessel represents a horned owl with feather markings around the head, 

 repousse wings and the conventional tail (Fig. 110). One horn, missing from the 

 vessel, has been restored. Height, 10.3 inches; maximum diameter, 7.3 inches. 



Part of a vessel with a rude bird-head projecting from the end has a number of 

 circular holes at either side of the neck (Fig. 111). 



Burials, nine in number, were confined to the E., SE. and ENE. parts of the 

 mound, beginning near the margin and continuing in to the center. Some were 

 badly decayed, rendering impossible a determination as to the form of burial. 

 The closely flexed burial and the bunched were present in the mound in several 

 instances. In some cases oyster-shells lay over burials in the mound and once over 

 a shallow grave beneath the base. 



With two burials were gracefully shaped "celts", near one of which lay also 

 a number of shells {Marginella apicina), pierced for use as beads. 



The ceremonial use of fire was clearly emphasized in this mound. Near one 

 burial lay a mass of charcoal and the sand was discolored by heat, though the bones 

 showed no trace of it. The central portion of the mound, extending several feet in 



Fig. 109. — Vessel No. 1. Mound B, Laugliton's Bayou. (iSix-sevcnths size.) 



