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Next the mound was dug centrally, Avitli four large trenches radiating to the 

 margin. One sherd was found and sand discolored by hematite, in one place. In 

 three places, rather superficially, were bits of badl}- decayed bones. 



MOUXD XEAR GOODSOX'S FlSHCAMP. LaKAVETTE CoUXTV. 



The site of the fishcamp is on a small water-way extending in from the Gulf, 

 about 2 miles in a SE. direction from the mouth of the Steinhatchce river. 



The mound, in pine woods, on the edge of the sawgrass marsh, on property of 

 the East Coast Lumber Company, was much spread bj- trampling of cattle. A few 

 fragnients of human bone lay on the surface. Its height was 4 feet ; its basal 

 diameter, 66 feet. Apparently, there had been no previous digging. 



The mound was trenched in every direction by us and dug marginall}- and cen- 

 trally. The sand was bright yellow with no sign of that darkening which so often 

 accompanies an earthenware deposit A single skull was found 1 foot below the 

 surface, and a small bunched burial elsewhere at about the same depth. 



A large stone hatchet lay 6 inches beneath the surface. 



A globular vessel of inferior ware, with a perforation knocked through the base, 

 having faint punctate decoration below^ the rim, lay alone about 6 inches down. 



A carefully made discoidal stone of quartzite, with a small concavity in the 

 base which is somewhat broader than the upper part, lay unassociated. This 

 discoidal stone is of interest, in that it is the first found b}" us in peninsular Florida, 

 in which this mound is, though we have met with the type in abundance in Georgia 

 to the eastward, and in Alabama to the westward. 



MouxD XEAK Beak Hammock, Lafayette Couxty." 

 This mound, in pine woods, on tlie eastern edge of Bear Hammock, about 3 



miles in a SE. direction from the mouth of the Steinhatchee river, on the 25i'operty 



of the East Coast Lumber Compan}'. was intact at the time of our visit. Its height 



was 4.5 feet; its basal diameter, 52 feet. 



Thorough trenching showed the mound to be of Ijright yellow sand. No burial 



or artifact was met with. 



Mouxi) XEAK MuKi'iiY Laxdixg. Lafayette County. 



Murphy Landing is on the coast about 2 miles above Horseshoe Point. 



The mound, in a field formerly under cultivation, the pi'operty of the East 

 Coast Lumber Company, about one-quarter mile from the Cndf, had a height of 

 4 feet 3 inches ; a basal diameter of 52 feet. The outline was circular. We heard 

 of previous digging in the mound, but as we saw no trace of it, presumabl} . it was 

 insignificant. 



The mound, which was of light sand with a dark streak at the base, was com- 

 pletely demolished by us. 



Human remains were met with at thirty-six places, and included the lone skull, 

 the bunch and the flexed burial. No skull was in a condition to keep, but a number 



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