12 CERTAIN ABORIGINAL MOUNDS OF THE GEORGIA COAST. 



the surface to a depth of 6 feet. In some cases local layers of sand dyed with the 

 red oxide of iron lay immediately above the bones. 



At two points in the mound were pockets made up of fragments of calcined 

 human bones. In the mounds of Florida such pockets are sometimes found though 

 cremation was not, so far as our experience extends, largely practised there. We 

 shall see later to how considerable an extent this form of burial was in vogue among 

 the aborigines of the Georgia coast. 



EARTHENWARE. 



Sherds were very infrequent and probably of accidental introduction, none 

 lying with human remains. They were, as a rule, undecorated, though the compli- 

 cated form of stamp, so well known in Georgia, was present. 



No vessels of earthenware were encountered. 



In a central portion of the mound, 5 feet from the surface, near human remains, 

 was an undecorated tobacco pipe of earthenware, of a type common to the mounds 

 of the lower thirty miles of the St. Johns river and other sections, where the aper- 

 ture for the stem rivals that of the bowl in size. We have figured J a pipe of this 

 type in our account of the mound at Point La Vista, Duval County, Florida. 



A graceful lance-point of chert lay with a skeleton about 4 feet from the surface. 



Two polished "celts" lay with burials 1 foot and 2.5 feet from the surface, 

 respectively. 



A small hammer-stone and a portion of a pebble were with the pipe to which 

 reference has been made. 



Loose in the sand was an arrowhead of chert. 



Loose in the sand, throughout the mound, were several conchs (Fulgur) and 

 fragments of conchs. 



Upon a number of occasions shell beads lay with the burials. 



A little over one foot below the surface, over the ribs of the skeleton of a child, 

 was a gorget of shell, irregularly oval in form, 4.5 inches by 5.5 inches. Near the 

 upper margin is a perforation for suspension. A companion to this perforation had 

 apparently been destroyed by a blow from a spade, received at the time of discovery. 

 The concave surface of this gorget shows traces of intricate incised decoration, the 

 exact pattern of which is no longer apparent. 



Less than one foot from the surface, with human remains, were two stopper- 

 shaped objects of shell. This form (Fig. 7) so well known in certain sections, is 

 not present in the mounds of the Georgia coast strictly speaking and has not been 

 met with by us in shell in Florida though present in the great deposit of objects 

 1 " Additional Mounds of Duval and of Clay Counties, Florida." 



