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Fig. 164. — Vessel of earthenware. Mound A. I'lLiie uioiinils, neiir Apalacliicola. (Five-seventlis size.) 



imperforate pot with four feet and a rude vessel of about 1 quart capacit}-, with 

 flarino; rim and seeminarlv cord-marked decoration. Three of four feet have been 



removed b}' a basal perforation. 

 •I Unassociated, in the eastern slope of the 



mound, lay the wreck of a curious, undecorated 

 vessel of very inferior ware, which has since been 

 restored. The body is ainiular and flattened and 

 has at equidistant points three necks resembling 

 inverted truncated cones (Fig. 164). Diameter of 

 body, 6.2 inches ; central opening, 2 inches. 

 ( A sherd with a complicated stamp of a pat- 



tern new to us is shown in Fig. 165. 

 J Together, near a great fireplace, on the" base 



-""■ "" of the mound, were : a shell drinking cup ; two 



canine teeth, one of which Prof F. A. Lucas has 



Fig. 165. — Sherd. Mound A. Pierce mounds, • i ^-(^ i j.i i ri. i * r i p /^ ' 



near Apaiaehicoia. (Half size.) ideutihcd as the lelt lower caniue ol a woll, Cawz.? 



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