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has a diameter at mouth of 10 inches; a maximum diameter of body of 11.75 

 inches ; a height of 8 inches. It contained a certain amount of decayed wood and 

 a small quantity of material resembling sawdust — perhaps the last vestige of 

 human remains. 



With Burial No. 92, a child about seven years old, was a globular, undecorated 

 pot of about one quart capacity. 



With Burial No. 93, probably an aboriginal disturbance, was a curious vessel 

 of earthenware, perforated for suspension at either side of the opening (Fig. 35), 

 having a height of 2.5 inches; a maximum diameter of 3 inches. Its use is not 

 apparent though it strongly recalls that numerous class of fantastically shaped 

 mortuary vessels of earthenware found in many tumuli of Florida. A hole had 

 been knocked through its base, the only case of base-perforation noted by us in the 

 mound though certain of the burial jars were too fragmentary for determination as 

 to this point. 



In caved sand were several fragments of an oblong vessel having upright sides 

 and inverted margin. The vessel, or rather 

 such parts as were recovered, have on the 

 base and sides — an unusual occurrence — an 

 intricate incised decoration. Its height must 

 have been 1.1 inches; its breadth of body, 2 



Tobacco pipes of earthenw 



Fig. 37. 

 t Bourbou. (Full size.) 



inches; of opening, 1.5 inches. Its original length is not obtainable as a part is 

 missing. 



With Burial No. 113, a male, was a cord-marked bowl of about one quart 

 capacity. 



Burial No. 154 had with it a small bowl in fragments bearing the checked, 

 stamped decoration. 



One of the most interesting pieces of earthenware ever met with by us lay 

 with Burial No. 33, a mass of mingled calcined and unburnt bones, and consisted 

 of a dish 12.2 inches in length, 7.7 inches across and 4.5 inches in height. Beneath 

 the rim, exteriorly, is a row of large protuberances and, in addition, the dish bears 

 traces of ornamentation by the use of red pigment. From either end project handles, 

 one horizontal the other perpendicular — a curious feature. This interesting piece 

 is intact (Plate VII). 



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