220 CERTAIN ABORIGINAL REMAINS OF THE NW. FLORIDA COAST. 



places where the ashes and charcoal were found, but to have been brought while 

 still burning and placed on or near the skeletons, as such bones only were charred as 

 were in contact with the material. None of the bones was calcined, nor did the 

 sand and shell about these masses of material show evidence of fire. Thoughoutthe 

 mound were many such places, showing the use of fire away from the mound during 

 the ceremony of interment. 



Burial No. 39, a mass of human bones, including seven skulls, lay in the body 

 of the mound, with remains of fire above and sand mixed with shell below. 



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Fig. 156. — Vessel with Burial No. 2. Mound A. Pierce mounds, near Apalacliicola. (Two-thirds size.) 



Burials No. 42 to No. 45, inclusive, four skeletons at full length, side by side in 

 a shallow grave beneath the base, with heads in the same direction. 



All bones in this mound were in bad condition through decay, but one skull 

 being saved. 



Belonging to Burial No. 52 was a femur showing a repaired fracture of the 

 upper third, with some shortening of the bone. This was sent to the United States 

 Army Medical Museum at Washington, D. C. 



