removed, having a perforation, through one-half its proximal extremity 

 and around the bone an incised spiral line (Fig. 20) ; also the upper 

 half of a similar object without decoration. 



EARTHENWARE. 



Sherds. — Sherds were not abundant in the mound. The compli- 

 cated stamp and various patterns of incised decoration were represented. 

 About 1 foot from a skeleton were numerous earthenware fragments 

 representing parts of three vessels. One large fragment was decorated 

 exteriorly with large squares, enclosing good-sized circular spots, in red 

 pigment. 



Smoothers. — A number of masses of roughly baked clay, one-half 

 the area rounded, in size resembling a goose egg, were present in the 

 mound. They had possibly been used to smooth clay in the manufac- 

 ture of earthenware. 



Hones. — A curious custom markedly prevalent along the Georgia 

 coast, namely, the use of earthenware to sharpen pointed tools, was fairly 

 represented in this mound. This custom, perhaps induced by a short 

 supply of stone, was carried to such an extent that not sherds alone but 

 certain entire vessels were secondarily used as hones. 



Earthenware discs. — Certain discs made from fragments of earthen- 

 ware vessels were found. We have spoken of these curious objects in 

 treating of discoidal stones. They are referred to by the late Col. C. 

 C. Jones. 1 



Tobacco pipes. — Nine tobacco pipes, with one exception undeco- 

 rated, in shape of the type common to the coast were found, usually 

 with burials, but upon several occasions apparently unassociated. 

 Several are fragmentary to a certain extent and a number bear upon the 

 stem or upon the bowl, and sometimes upon both, curious depressions 

 caused by chipping, and equalling in size about one-half the area of one 

 surface of the first joint of a finger. These chippings on pipes, found all 

 along the coast, have, perhaps, some ceremonial significance, or were 

 made to allow a firmer grasp with the fingers. In a number of bowls 

 was a carbonized coating — doubtless tobacco. At first thought one 

 might consider this a proof of recent inhumation, but the indestructi- 

 bility of carbon is well known. 



Near the surface, and unassociated, was a pipe having approxi- 

 mately a height of bowl of 2 inches and a diameter of bowl at the 

 mouth of 2.2 to 2.4 inches. The bowl is strikingly ornamented with 

 knobs, while from the proximal upper margin is a perforated pro- 

 jection. On the opposite side are traces of a similar one (Fig. 21). 

 > Op. cit. p. 348. 



pic 20. — Object of bone. Mound north end 

 of Creighton Island. (Full size.) 



