212 CERTAIN ABORIGINAL REMAINS OF THE NW. FLORIDA COAST. 



almost in immediate contact with burials. There were found : three pebbles lying 

 with one pebble-hammer ; conch-shells ; several shell drinking cups ; one Ftclgur 

 perversum of the heavy variety, with blunted beak showing use as a tool; a bit of 

 hematite; a hone of ferruginous sandstone, roughly diamond-shape, 17 inches long 

 and 8 inches in its broadest part ; two arrowheads or knives, of chert ; twenty-seven 

 ''celts," some gracefully wrought, others less carefully made. One of these differed 

 markedly from the usual tyj^e in that places for fastening were evident on either 

 side (Fig. 142). 



The earthenware of the 

 mound was of inferior quality 

 in the main, and, with the ex- 

 ception of a few sherds, began 

 at a considerable distance in. 

 The check stamp was represen- 

 ted on fragments, but no ware 

 bearing the complicated stani]) 

 came from the mound. One 

 sherd of good quality showed 

 part of a design in relief Here 

 and there, as the digging pro- 

 gressed, vessels, mainly un- 

 decorated, were found near the 

 burials. At the center of the 

 mound was a deposit of be- 

 tween fifteen and twenty ves- 

 sels, the majority undecorated, 

 many broken and so mixed as to prevent an exact count. 



The basal perforation is present in all the vessels from this mound, with two or 

 three exceptions. 



The most interesting ware will be described separately. 



Vessel No. 1. — A three sided, rude, undecorated, imperforate bowl (Fig. 143). 

 Height, 2.2 inches; maximum diameter, 4.5 inches. 



Vessel No. 2. — Globular, with a small part missing through an early fracture 

 which has been restored. The decoration is incised (Fig. 144). Maximum diame- 

 ter, 7 inches; height, 5.7 inches; diameter of aperture, 4.5 inches. 



Vessel No. 3. — Undecorated, an inverted acorn in shape. There are holes for 

 suspension below the rim on opposite sides. 



Vessel No. 4. — A vase rather heart-shaped in section as to the body, with far- 

 ing neck. The surface, with the exception of the neck, is covered with incised 

 decoration including the bird symbol, often repeated. A rudimentary head extends 

 above the rim on one side (Fig. 145). The decoration, shown diagrammatically in 

 Fig. 146, is repeated on the opposite side. Height, 6 inches; maximum diameter, 

 5.6 inches. 



Fig. 144. — Vessel No. 2. Mound near Indian Pass Point. (Half size.] 



