412 CERTAIN ABORIGINAL MOUNDS, CENTRAL FLORIDA W.-COAST. 



An ornament of fluted sheet-copper, badly broken, came from this mound (Fig. 

 61). This pattern was a popular one among the aborigines. We have met with it 

 at least twice before, once at Apalachicola and once in the fine mound on Murphy 

 Island, Fla. 



Two tubular beads of over-lapping sheet-copper were found in caved sand. 

 A portion of a second ornament of fluted sheetrcopper from this mound was 

 submitted to Prof. Harry F. Keller, Ph.D., who reported on it as follows : 



" As to the sheet-copper from the Crystal river mound, it is certainly made 

 from the native metal ; a very searching qualitative analysis of the cleaned speci- 

 men gave only silver and iron as metallic impurities, and demonstrated the entire 

 absence of lead, arsenic, antimony and zinc." 



Here we have native copper such as was used by the aborigines, previous to 

 the coming of the Europeans, which copper was not obtainable in Europe in quan- 

 tities sufficient for commercial purposes and which is most distinctly different from 

 the copper brought to this country by Europeans, the European copper being the 

 product of arsenical, sulphide ores, and teeming with impurities. 



Three pointed implements made from cannon-bones of 

 deer, and three shark's teeth of the present geological period, 

 lay with three arrowheads or knives. Such teeth were found 

 by Mr. Cushing at Marco, in the Ten Thousand Islands, Fla., 

 and were shown by him to have been used for the carving of 

 wood. 



In one deposit were a number of pointed implements of 

 bone, fragments of other bone implements of various kinds, 

 and a fish-hook of bone, from which the pointed end, broken 

 by the blow of a spade, was lost. With these was an object 

 of bone, perhaps used in basketry (Fig. 62). 



Half of a tooth of a fossil shark was met with in the 

 mound. 



As to note the exact association of all objects from this 

 mound would unduly occupy our space, a few groups of arti- 

 facts, only, will be given as they were found. 



With a burial were : one canine tooth of a large carni- 

 vore ; two "celts" of polished rock; two sheets of mica; 

 three lance-heads of chert ; two sandstone pebble-hammers ; 

 four shell gouges; four shell "celts;" parts of other "celts" of 

 shell ; two sandstone hones ; several bits of clayey material. 



Together were : two pendants of shell ; two pendants 

 of igneous rock ; a knuckle-bone of a deer. 



Three knuckle-bones of the deer lay with two shell 

 pendants. 

 With the skeleton of a child were : two pendants of rock ; one pendant of 

 shell ; a knuckle-bone of a deer. 



Fig. 62. — Implement of boDe. 

 Mound near Crystal river. 

 (Full size.) 



