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3 I'eet. The mound was completely demolished by us. Beginning at the very mar- 

 gin of the southeastern pjrtion, unassaciated with burials, which were more cen- 

 trally located, were various vessels, singly or in pairs, and parts of vessels and 

 numerous sherds. These offerings extended a number of feet in toward the center. 



Fig. 150. — \ esscl olCartlienware. Mound at J^ 

 Eleven Mile Point. (Half size.) JMi- 



Still farther in, usually apart ' 

 from interments, were several 

 other vessels in different parts of 



the mound. Slierds were Un- Fig. ISl. — \essei ote:uthenwai-e. 

 , , . . , . Mound at Eleven Mile Point. 



decorated ; mcised, sometnnes (Half size.) 



with cross-hatch ; or, in several 



cases, had a complicated stamp. Two of these are 



shown in Figs. 148, 149. Several vessels also bore the 



complicated stamp and all had the basal perforation. 



We shall describe in detail the most noteworthy 

 vessels. 



A compartment vessel with circular division in the center, in a plane above 

 four similar compartments, one of which, missing when found, has been added, with 

 the aid of a mixture composed of beeswax, whitelead, powdered soapstone, resin, 

 linseed oil, and turpentine, which we have found very useful in work of this kind. 

 This vessel has been sent to the Peabody Museum, Cambridge, Mass. 



Fig. 152. — Vessel of earthenware. 

 Mound at Eleven Mile Point. 

 (Half size.) 







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Fig. 153." Decoration on ve.ssel of eai-thenware. Monnd at Eleven Mile Point. (One-third size.) 



A four-sided vessel of about one-half pint capacity, otherwise undecorated, has 

 small protuberances at each upper corner of the body and companion ones on the 

 rim immediately above. The ware is inferior. 



