Smaller Mound near Fowler's Landing, 

 Levy County. 



About 75 yards in a SW. direction from the 

 other-, -was a low mound of irregular shajDe, literally 

 dug to pieces, presumably by the ubiquitous treas- 

 ure seeker, as one great central excavation ex- 

 tended considerably below the base. So great 

 was the wreck that no conclusion as to the 

 original height, diameter or shape could be 

 arrived at. Though the surface was cov- 

 ered with sand from the former excava- 

 tions, no fragment of bone or of earthen- 

 ware was apparent and considerable 

 digging, here and there, by us yielded 

 but a single fragment of earthen- 

 ware. Presumably, this mound 

 was of the domiciliarv class. 



Near the 

 surface were 

 scattered parts of 

 a human effisrv-ves- 

 sel. Most diligent 

 search failed to recover 

 the facial parts which, 

 possibly, had not been 

 placed in the mound. 



Throughout the mound 

 were various sherds, as a rule 

 of inferior ware, though occa- 

 sionally of excellent quality, in 

 no case showing sand-, grit 

 shell-tempering. No small check - 

 stamp was present, and but few sherds 

 showed the complicated stamp. 



In Figs. 6, 7, are shown, diagram- 

 matically, two sherds from this mound, 

 while in Fig. 8 a selection of sherds from 

 the mound is given. It is evident that the 

 makers of this mound favored the incised and 

 punctate decoration. 



In the mound were no masses of sand artifici- 

 ally colored and surrounding deposits of earthenware, 

 such as we found in the mounds of the coast, to the 

 northward. 



Fig. 9.— Fish-spear of native eopper, from uear 

 Famiiu, Smvaiinee river. (Full size.) 



The record of the discov- 

 ery of a fish-spear of native 

 copper will be given here, 

 incidentally, as the place 

 where the spear was 

 found is too far up 

 the Suwannee river 

 rightlv to be in- 

 eluded in a de- 

 scription of the 

 coast-terri- 



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