CERTAIN ABORIGINAL MOUNDS OF THE GEORGIA COAST. 21 



length of 3.5 feet, a breadth of 22 inches, a thickness of 8 inches. In several of 

 these layers five or six crania were present. With one layer was a mass of calcined 

 human remains to which reference has been made. 



In each case burials in anatomical order showed flexion to a certain extent — 

 in certain cases to a much greater extent than in others. No uniformity of direc- 

 tion had been observed as to the positions of the skeletons — crania pointing to 

 every point of the compass. Twenty-six skeletons lay upon the right side, eight 

 upon the left. One lay upon the back with legs flexed to the left ; another upon 

 the back, had the face turned to the left. The position of one skeleton in caved 

 sand was undetermined. 



The bones in this mound, perhaps owing to the presence of shell, were 

 unusually well preserved, offering a marked contrast to skeletal remains in many 

 Florida mounds from which frequently all intermixture of shell is absent. 



In no instance did the remains indicate individuals of unusual size. The linea 

 aspera was not especially defined. One platycnemic tibia had an index of 54, 

 which, as the reader will recall, means that the transverse diameter is .54 of that 

 taken antero-posteriorly. No signs of injury or disease were present with the 

 exception of alveolar abscesses. Three crania were preserved in fairly good condi- 

 tion. Two of these (Cat. Nos. 2,156 and 2,157) are in the collection of the 

 Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia. The remaining one was sent to the 

 Army Medical Museum, Washington. 



Male. 



Female. 



Uncertain. 





Perforated. 



Not Perforated. 



Perforated. 



Not Perforated. 



Perforated. 



Not Perforated. 



Right 



4 



15 



3 



2 



3 



11 



Left 



6 



11 



3 



1 



5 



8 



Of the 10 male skeletons in which both humeri were recovered in a condition 

 for determination, 7 showed no perforation in either humerus ; two skeletons showed 

 the right humerus perforated, the left imperforate ; in one skeleton the condition 

 was reversed. 



Of the 2 female skeletons recovered, one had the right humerus perforated, the 

 left imperforate ; the other, perforation of both humeri. 



Of the uncertain humeri but one pair, the left perforated, the right imperforate, 

 belonged to the same skeleton. 



ARTIFACTS. 



Earthenware. — No earthenware vessels were present in the mound nor were 

 sherds associated with human remains. A small number of sherds, probably 



3 JOUEN. A. N. S. PHILA., VOL. XL 



