210 CERTAIN ABORIGINAL REMAINS OF THE NW. FLORIDA COAST. 



Mound in Gotier Hammock, Calhoun County. 



This mound, famous for successful relic searches in it, lay about one-half mile 

 in NE. direction from Conch island, which is near the SE. extremity of St. Joseph's 

 bay. The island is about one-c|uarter mile from shore and the mound about an 

 equal distance farther in. 



The mound, which has been practically dug to pieces, one relic hunter or 

 treasure seeker filling the hole made by another, had been a truncated cone of dark 

 sand. At the time of our visit, when it was completely demolished by us, its height 

 was 5 feet ; its diameter of base, 60 feet. 



Fig. 140. — Decoration on a sherd. Mound in Gotier Hammock. (One-third size.) 



Remnants of the mound found intact by us yielded a few bunched-burials. 

 Several shallow graves below the line of the base, held human remains too badly 

 decayed to determine positively the form of burial, though judging from the restric- 

 ted lengths of the graves, they, 

 too, contained the bunched 

 burial. No artifacts were with 

 the burials except a rude, un- 

 decorated, imperforate toy 

 bowl. 



A coarse, undecorated pot 

 of about three pints capacity, 

 with basal perforation, lay 

 alone. 



A four-sided cup with flat 

 base, of about 1 pint capacity, 

 lay in the sand alone. 



Unassociated, near the 

 base, was a perforate vessel of 

 about 3 quarts capacity, semi- 

 alobular body, upright and 



,. , . n • • A Fig. 141.— Sherd. Mound in Gotier Hammock. (Three-fourths size.) 



slightly flaring rim. Around 



the neck is complicated stamp decoration. 



