JOURNAL 



THE ACADEMY OF NATURAL SCIENCES 



OF PHILADELPHIA. 



CERTAIN ABORIGINAL MOUNDS OF THE GEORGIA COAST. 



By Clakence B. Moore. 



Our thanks are tendered for material assistance in this work to the Marquis de 

 Nadaillac, to Dr. E. Goldsmith, and to Professors Putnam, Holmes and Pilsbry. 

 Our acknowledgments are due also for the aid extended by our lamented friend, the 

 late Professor Cope. 



Again we have to thank Dr. M. G. Miller for continuous assistance in the field 

 and in the preparation of this report. 



June, 1897. C. B. M. 



As the reader is aware, an inland passage by water, parallel to the ocean, 

 enables vessels of light draft to traverse the entire coast of Georgia without ven- 

 turing to sea or incurring risk greater than the minimum one of crossing certain 

 sounds at a distance from the open water. 



This marine highway, shown on ordinary maps, is connected with a net-work 

 of waterways and tributary streams, many appearing on sectional charts alone, 1 

 enclosing considerable fertile territory suitable for living sites, and great tracts of 

 low-lying marsh. 



Fish and oysters are abundant in this region, and were doubtless still more so 

 in early times, but great deposits 2 of oyster shells are not so numerous as on the 



1 U. S. Government Charts, Nos. 156, 157, 158. 



2 The circular enclosure on Sapelo Island and a great causeway on Barbour's Island are the only 

 shell deposits of importance met with by us on the Georgia coast. A considerable shell deposit on St. 

 Simon Island has been reported. We have not seen it. 



1 JOUEN. A. N. S. PHILA., VOL. XI. 



