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



conchs {^Fulgtir perversuni), while two shell-cups lay each with another burial. 

 With one burial was sand dyed with hematite. 



With a bunched burial Avas a gracefully made "celt;" with another, two 

 equally as well-made. 



Not immediately associated with burials were : one hammer-stone ; two lance- 

 heads, of chert, each about 3.5 inches in length; a well-made spear-head of chert, 

 about 5 inches long and about 2 inches in maximum diameter. A grooved pendant, 

 rather roughly made from a pebble, lay alone in the sand. 



In the southern margin of the mound was a small deposit of sherds and, here 

 and there in the mound, fragments were met with singly, bearing red pigment, the 







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Fig. 80.— Selection of sherds. Mound near the Wekiwachee river. (Half size.) 



check-stamp, punctate markings. There were several fragments with a complicated 

 stamp in which the concentric circle figured. A selection of sherds from this 

 mound is shown in Fig. 80. 



Part of a vessel was met with showing a basal perforation made before the 

 firing of the clay. 



Mound near the Pithlochascootie Rivek, Pasco County. 



This river, variously spelled on maps and charts, is commonly spoken of as the 

 )otie." 

 About three-quarters of a mile from the mouth of the river, on the S. side, 



