CERTAIN ABORIGINAL MOUNDS OF THE GEORGIA COAST. 83 



Burial No. 2, 30 feet S. W. by S., 2 feet 8 inches down, skeleton of female at 

 full length on back, head S. E., face to the right, 5 feet 4 inches as it lay with feet 

 partly extended. Right arm and forearm parallel to body. Left upper arm along 

 body with forearm crossing to pelvis. A few long bones lay loose in the sand about 

 1 foot above this burial. 



Burial No. 3, 42 feet W., 2 feet 9 inches down, skeleton of aged male, head S., 

 in semi-reclining position on left side. Incisor stumps only remaining in lower jaw. 

 Alveolar process of other teeth absorbed. This especially marked in upper jaw. 

 Signs of inflammatory disease in tibia, fibula and clavicle. 



Burial No. 4, 25 feet S. by W., 2 feet down, head W. S. W., trunk on back, 

 legs drawn up, knees somewhat to the left, A few bits of earthenware, perhaps 

 by accident, lay with the bones. 



Burial No. 5, 25 feet S. by E., 4 feet 4 inches to the bottom of a pit filled with 

 black loam and oyster shells, extending 2 feet 6 inches into undisturbed yellow sand. 

 Over this pit the black band continued, though dipping somewhat, Three feet 8 

 inches down in this grave was a bunched burial, probably of a male. Long bones 

 were on either side of the skull, while two clavicles, together, lay somewhat apart 

 from it. Certain bones were missing. The spinal column and ribs were in order, 

 indicating partial union by ligaments. One ulna and one clavicle sent to Army 

 Medical Museum, Washington, D. C, had false joints, results of former fractures. 



Burial No. 6, 27 feet S. S. W., 3 feet 10 inches down, skeleton of a child 

 between 8 and 10 years old, at length on face, chin, toward left shoulder, 4 feet 4 

 inches as it lay, with feet extended, head E. by S. Both upper arms parallel to 

 body ; right forearm crossing under pelvis ; left forearm not found, probably thrown 

 back by digger. 



Burial No. 7, 39 feet W. S. W., 4 feet 2 inches down, skeleton of female at 

 full length on back, head S. E. by S., 5 feet 8 inches from head to heel as it lay. 

 Upper extremities parallel to body. 



Burial No. 8, 33 feet S. W. by W., 3 feet 10 inches down, skeleton of male at 

 full length, face down, head E., 5 feet 6 inches from head to foot, Right and left 

 arms parallel to body, forearms passing under pelvis. 



Burial No. 9, 25 feet S. S. E., 4 feet 8 inches down, skeleton of male at full 

 length on back, 5 feet 10 inches long with feet extended, head E. by N., chin to left 

 shoulder. Right upper extremity along side of body. Left upper arm along thorax 

 with forearm crossing to pelvis. 



Loose in the sand, about 6 inches above No. 9, was the femur of an adult, 



Burial No. 10, 28 feet S. E. by S., 6.5 feet down, on the bottom of a pit, 7 feet 

 by 10 feet and extending 2 feet 10 inches into undisturbed sand, was a skeleton of 

 a male at full length on the back, measuring 6 feet 6 inches as it lay, with feet 

 extended, head E. N. E., chin turned toward left shoulder. Arms parallel to body. 

 Sand colored with hematite lay near the skull. The black basal band lay above 

 this pit. 



Burial No. 11, at the same level, but a little farther in than skeleton No. 6, 



