76 CERTAIN ABORIGINAL MOUNDS OF THE GEORGIA COAST. 



Burial No. 2, 42 feet, S. E. by E., on undisturbed sand, at the bottom of a pit 

 of undetermined limits, 32 inches from the surface, was the skeleton of an adult, 

 much decayed, apparently flexed on the right side, heading S. E. With the bones 

 were : a pebble-hammer ; a lot of red paint made from red oxide of iron, as was 

 shown by chemical determination ; a flake of chert ; a small bit of a soapstone pot 

 and twenty-three quartz pebbles each about the size of a pea, lying closely together 

 — the remains of a rattle. 



Burial No. 3, Vessel A. To the S. W. of Burial No. 2, in contact with its 

 base, resting on undisturbed sand, 36 inches from the surface, entirely intact, was a 

 vessel of the ordinary type (see introductory remarks as to this type at the com- 

 mencement of this Report). Height, 15.5 inches; maximum diameter of body, 11.5 

 inches; diameter of mouth, 13.5 inches. Within this vessel, which was unprotected 

 by an imposed vessel or by fragments, were a number of human bones of an adult, 

 probably representing an entire skeleton. Long bones together were upright against 

 the side, while the cranium lay face down with ribs and other bones beneath, as 

 shown sectionally in the frontispiece, in which, however, all the long bones are not 

 distinguishable, certain ones being in rear of others. The skull and long bones are 

 represented exactly as found, never, in fact, having been removed from the vessel, 

 but treated in place with numerous coats of shellac to impart durability. The 

 fragmentary smaller bones and the beads were removed with the sand and subse- 

 quently replaced, but not exactly in their former position. Most of the beads lay 

 on top of the mass of bones at the base of the vessel. i 



Burial No. 4, Vessel B. To the north of, and in contact with, Vessel A, was an 

 imperforate one of similar type somewhat crushed. Within it were the bones of an 

 adult, not in anatomical order and very much decayed. The vessel was sent to the 

 Ontario Archa3ological Museum. 



Burial No. 5, Vessels Ca., b., 44 feet E. S. E., in a pit of uncertain limits, having 

 its base 3.5 feet from the surface and extending 22 inches into undisturbed sand, was 

 a vessel of the ordinary type, imperforate as to the base, having the rim badly 

 crushed. It contained the much decayed bones of an adult, probably male, not in 

 anatomical order, with 34 large shell beads. Capping this vessel, inverted, was an 

 imperforate bowl, undecorated save for an encircling row of knobs some distance 

 apart, about 1.5 inches below the rim. The material, gritty ware, was fairly good 

 in this case and had resisted pressure with the exception of a part of the rim and a 

 portion below it, which were recovered. Diameter of body, 16 inches; of mouth, 

 14.5 inches; height, 9.5 inches. Ca. and Cb. were sent to the Peabody Museum, 

 Cambridge, Mass., where they have been carefully put together. 



. Burial No. 6, 46 feet E. by S. was a pit 4.5 feet long, having its base 38 inches 

 from the surface. It extended 17 inches into undisturbed sand and was filled with 

 oyster shells and black loam apparently from ,a local superficial layer. On the base 

 was a skeleton, flexed on the right side, head S. 



Burial No. 7, Vessel D., 48 feet E. S. E., just beneath the surface, upright, with the 

 rim and upper portion broken by the plow, was a vessel of the ordinary type, having 



