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which was 1 foot in thickness, in dark brown sand totally dissimilar to the yellow 

 sand of the field, which enclosed the grave on either side, was a circular deposit of 

 human bones, having a diameter of about 5 feet. These bones included five crania 

 and with them were numerous shell beads, many tubular ; one being over 1 inch in 

 length. In one of the crania was a bright yellow sand differing in shade from any 

 in the mound. Small quantities of this sand were scattered here and there among 

 the bones. 



35. A few bones of a male from superficial caved sand. 



Male. 



Female. 



Uncertain. 



Perforated. 



Not Perforated. 



Perforated. 



Not Perforated. 



Perforated. Not Perforated. 



Right 



6 



15 



7 



6 



3 



6 



Left 



8 



9 



5 



5 



7 



10 



Throughout the mound were the usual loose sherds of accidental introduction. 

 At several points were large vessels of poor material crushed beyond repair. None 

 of these vessels contained human remains. 



One small chisel of stone was found loose in the sand. 



In no one mound investigated by us has there been so well exemplified the 

 various forms of aboriginal disposition of the dead — the burial in anatomical order ; 

 the burial of portions of the skeleton ; the interment of great masses of human 

 bones ; the pyre ; the loose deposit of incinerated remains ; the burial of cinerary 

 urns. 



To a marked extent in this mound are noted, side by side, inhumation and 

 incineration. 



Mound near Contentment, McIntosh County. 



Contentment, a small settlement of colored persons, is on the bank of the 

 Broro river, a water-way joining Sapelo river and Julianton creek. 



In woods on ground probably formerly under cultivation, about one-half mile 

 in a northerly direction from Contentment, was a symmetrical mound in the form 

 of a truncated cone. Its sides, by their steepness, gave evidence that no cultivation 

 on the mound proper had ever been attempted. A comparatively small and shallow 

 excavation was the only trace of digging previous to our own. The mound was 

 kindly placed at our disposal by R. H. Knox, Esq., of Darien, under whose control 

 the property is. 



The mound had a height of 9 feet 9 inches, a base-diameter of 76 feet. The 



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