16 CERTAIN ABORIGINAL MOUNDS OF THE GEORGIA COAST. 



Sherds were comparatively of infrequent occurrence and were apparently of 

 accidental introduction. The plain, the checked stamp, and the intricate stamp 

 were represented. 



The mound was unusually devoid of artifacts. Large shell beads were present 

 with several skeletons, and some small ones with the skeleton of an infant. 



With human remains, just beneath the present surface, were two stone hatchets, 

 one very rude ; one pebble and one bit of earthenware. 



Loose in the sand were a bit of fossil wood, and, in another portion of the 

 mound, a small mass of sandstone, pitted on one side. Unassociated, 5.5 feet from 

 the surface was a very rude implement of stone. 



Mound B. This mound, about 30 feet south of the preceding one, had a 

 height of 4 feet, a diameter at base of 36 feet. A narrow trench, about 2 feet in 

 depth, had previously been dug through a portion of it. 



The mound was completely demolished. 



Its composition was almost identical with that of Mound A. 



HUMAN REMAINS. 



Exclusive of certain loose bones, disturbed by previous investigators, 32 burials 

 were noted in the mound. Of these, 30 were in anatomical order and flexed, while 

 two consisted of deposits of charred and calcined fragments of human bones. Above 

 certain skeletons lay small local layers of oyster shells. With one skeleton was a 

 small amount of sand tinged pink with red oxide of iron — its sole occurrence in the 

 mounds of Lawton's field. 



With very few exceptions, skeletons were associated with wood or bark, in 

 some cases included above and below and again apparently heaped over with bark 

 or with slabs of wood, in the last stage of decay. Several skeletons were enclosed 

 in cribs or pens of wood, as for instance, one 8.5 feet from the eastern margin of 

 the mound and 4 feet from the surface. The bones lay in a pen composed of logs 

 from 3 to 5 inches in diameter. The longitudinal logs had an average length of 3 

 feet, that of the transverse ones at the bottom was about 2 feet, at the top about 

 20 inches. The top was composed of parallel logs running longitudinally. There 

 was no bottom to this pen or, more properly speaking, coop. Within it lay a 

 skeleton flexed on its right side, heading south. The head and body were in line, 

 the head at one end of the pen, the pelvis at the other. The thighs were flexed 

 sharply on the body and the legs on the thighs. The right leg rested between 

 the logs at the side of the pen, the foot projecting ; while the left foot extended 

 beyond the end of the pen. The arms lay along the body with the forearms lying 

 between the thighs. We give a representation of this coop in Fig. 9, reproduced 

 from a sketch made to a scale and on the spot. It has been found impossible to 

 convey the decayed and crushed appearance of the wood, but the number and 

 positions of the various pieces are exactly represented. The bones of the feet, held 

 in place by the sand, fell apart when the sand was removed. 



