78 CERTAIN ABORIGINAL MOUNDS OF THE GEORGIA COAST. 



bones. One was partly filled with carbonized tobacco. These two pipes may have 

 been contributions from bystanders during the filling of the grave. 



Burial No. 16, 25 feet E. by S., a grave 5.5 feet long, extending 2 feet to 

 undisturbed sand. On the bottom, 3 feet 9 inches from the surface, was a skeleton 

 of a male, on the right side, head S. With it were : a small undecorated tobacco 

 pipe of earthenware ; a discoidal stone about 2 inches in diameter and 1 inch in 

 thickness and a small ball of resinous material. 



Burial No. 17, 22 feet E. S. E., 28 inches down, lying on the line of undisturbed 

 sand, with no especial grave discernible but in generally disturbed material, was a 

 pile of human bones in disorder with long bones on top of, and along side, the skull. 



Burial No. 18, 8 feet N. W. by N., 4 feet down, in a small pocket were the 

 greatly decayed remains of a very young infant, so crushed together that no deter- 

 mination as to position was possible. Associated were a number of shell beads. 



Burial No.- 19, 19 feet E. by S. A grave extending 1 foot 10 inches into 

 undisturbed sand, the base 3 feet 7 inches from the surface, with a maximum 

 diameter of 6.5 feet. On the bottom was the skeleton of a female, flexed on the 

 right side, head S. On the trunk was hematite. Under the arm was a number of 

 beads roughly wrought from sections of columellse, each about 1 inch in length. 



Burial No. 20, 16 feet E. by N., 4 feet 10 inches from the surface, on the 

 bottom of a grave 6 feet across where it entered undisturbed sand into which it 

 extended 2 feet 8 inches, was the skeleton of a child about 6 years of age, flexed 

 on the right side, head S. 



Burial No. 21, 7 feet N. N. W. A grave having its base 2 feet 3 inches from 

 the surface, the lower 1 foot extending into a layer of oyster shells. On the bottom 

 of the grave, which had a length of 22 inches, was the skeleton of an infant, badly 

 crushed, with the head S. W. Shell beads were-in association. 



Burial No. 22, 17 feet S. E., on the base of a grave, 2.5 feet from the surface 

 and extending about 1 foot 9 inches into undisturbed sand, was the skeleton of a 

 male, flexed on the left side, head S. With it were large shell beads and an 

 undecorated earthenware tobacco pipe of ordinary type lying near the skull. 



Burial No. 23, Vessel Fa., b. Let into the yellow sand, with its base 3 feet 4 

 inches from the surface, was a burial jar (Fa.) of the usual type, imperforate, up- 

 right and very badly crushed. Within it were bones, probably belonging to a 

 female, the long bones on end, side by side, near the skull, the other bones beneath. 

 This jar, about 18 inches high, had been capped by an inverted bowl (Fb.) of 

 black ware, with a decoration of small knobs, similar to the one previously referred 

 to. This bowl, also crushed, was sent with the other vessel to the Museum of 

 Natural History, New York. 



Burial No. 24, 13 feet S. E., 3 feet from the surface, in a pit of undetermined 

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



Burial No. 25, disturbed by the burial of No. 24, a little to the north of it on 

 the same level, was the skeleton of a child, interred with an imperforate shell 

 drinking cup, into which certain of the bones had been crushed. 



