200 CERTAIN ABORIGINAL REMAINS OF THE NW. FLORIDA COAST. 



tate decoration was largely represented ; the complicated stamp less frequently ; 

 while the check stamp was found with a deposit of sherds in the beginning. 



Of the twenty-four vessels met with by us, some of which were badly broken 

 but have since been cemented and restored, we shall describe only the more note- 

 worthy, omitting fragments with ordinary decoration and vessels of common type. 



Vessel No. 1. — This vessel, shown in Fig. 122, is almost cubical, with the upper 

 part inverted and ascending to an elliptical opening. On two opposite sides have 

 been bird-head handles, one of which, missing when found, has been restored. The 



Fig. 124. — Vessel No. 2. Lurger mound iicai ilaro Hammock. (About full size.) 



decoration, incised, is nearly identical on two sides, one of which is shown in the 

 half-tone. On the other sides are striking design.s to a certain extent recalling the 

 swastika. It will be noted by referring to the diagram (Fig. 123) that one-half of 

 the swastika is represented on each design, but the remaining half not alone has its 

 extremities in the form of loops, but these loops turn in the wrong direction. 

 Length, 7.8 inches; width, 7 inches; height, 5.7 inches. 



Vessel No. 2. — A handsome vessel of yellow ware with hemispherical body and 

 inverted rim, on which is punctate decoration and two small horizontal projections. 

 Somewhat below the rim there is an encircling projection, octagonal, tending slightly 



