442 CERTAIN ABORIGINAL MOUNDS, APALACHICOLA RIYER. 



The mound, probably, had been about 4 feet in height and 35 feet across the 

 circular base, approximately. What was left of the mound was completely de- 

 molished by us. 



One human femur, badly decaj^ed, one molar and some fragments of bone too 

 small for identification were the only signs of burial met with by us in the mound, 

 though fragmentary human bones lay upon the surface. 



There Avere jDresent, here and there in the mound : two arrow-heads or knives, 

 of chert ; two piercing implements of bone ; three columella^ of marine univalves, 

 pointed as for use, found together; two pebble-hammers; flakes of chert; a trian- 

 gular bit of chert, chipped to a cutting edge on one side ; a fragment of ferruginous 

 sazidstone; mica; an oblong piece of silicified wood, which had seen use as a hone. 



Owing to the gTeat amount of previous 

 digging, data as to position of objects in the 

 mound were hard to obtain. However, sherds 

 and piles of fragments of different vessels, 

 placed together, were noted in undisturbed 



Fig. 91.--Slicr.l. ,M,minl (Mi llrickvaid creek. 

 (Half size.) 



Fig. 92. — Earthenware Iiaiiflle of vessel. Mound on Bi'ickyard 

 creek. (Full size.) 



sand in the eastern part of the mound, as we had so often found to be the case in 

 mounds of the northwest Florida coast. 



There were also in the eastern part of the mound nine vessels of inferior ware, 

 some badly broken, all showing the basal perforation where their condition allowed 

 determination. 



Vessel No. 2. — In a sort of pit, in the SE. margin, was an unassociated bowl 

 of about one quart capacity, having an incised scroll-decoration, with punctate 

 markings, in addition. 



Vessel No. 4. — A quadrilateral vessel undecorated save for an incised line 

 around the rim. 



