216 CERTAIN ABORIGINAL REMAINS OF THE NW. FLORIDA COAST. 



A vessel with semiglobular body and short incurving neck has incised decora- 

 tion as shown in Fig. 150. The capacity is about 1 pint. 



A vessel of eccentric shape, somewhat resembling that of a dumb-bell, undeco- 

 rated save for an encircling incised line below the rim, has two holes for suspension 

 on opposite sides (Fig. 151). 



A bottle with neck curiously disproportionate in length, of inferior ware and 

 rudely made, has a height of 6.7 inches, a maximum diameter of 3.6 inches (Fig. 

 152)."' 



A vessel made to hold about one quart, has a semiglobular bod}' and a slightly 

 flaring neck about 1.25 inches in height. There is a curious punctate decoration 

 shown in diagram in Fig. 153. 



Cool Spring Mound, Apalachicola, Fkanklin County. 



In the western outskirts of Apalachicola is a mound which, as might be ex- 

 pected, has long been the center of attack for avaricious or curious persons. Mate- 

 rial from one trench or excavation has been thrown into others, thus preserving the 

 mound from demolition. Its present height is about 7.5 feet; its diameter of base, 

 about 90 feet. On the surface of the mound, where former diggers had thrown 

 them, were many sherds much resembling in material and ornamentation the ware 

 we found during our preceding season's work between Perdido and Choctawhatchee, 

 bays, including a part of a vessel in the form of a frog. 



About two-thirds of the mound were dug down by us including much disturbed 

 material. On the base of the mound and two or three feet above it were a number 

 of burials consisting of trunks of skeletons extended on the back with thighs and 

 legs sometimes drawn uj) against the body or drawn up at right angles to the trunk, 

 or extended laterally. These forms, with slight variations, were met with nine 

 times, and burials disturbed by our own or by former diggers indicated a like method 

 of burial. A single skull and a skull with a humerus were found. No bones were 

 in a condition to preserve. The only artifacts encountered with burials were a bit 

 of mica with one skeleton and a well-made lance-liead of chert, 4.75 inches in 

 length, beneath the chin of another. 



In the marginal part of the mound, which had been dug through by others, 

 were many sherds : undecorated ; with incised and punctate decoration, sometimes in 

 combination ; the complicated stamp, in a few cases ; the check-stamp, once or twice; 

 looped handles ; handles representing heads of quadrupeds or of birds ; animal legs 

 in relief on the sides. Deeply scalloped margins were abundant. 



A "celt" lay unassociated in the sand. 



Mound near Apalachicola, Franklin County. 



In a cultivated field, about one-half mile in a westerly direction from the town, 

 on property of the Cypress Lumber Company, of Apalachicola, is a mound much 

 spread by the plow. Its diameter of base is about 100 feet N. and S. and 80 feet E. 



