84 CERTAIN ABORIGINAL MOUNDS OF THE GEORGIA COAST. 



was a female skeleton on the left side, with the thighs partially, and the legs com- 

 pletely, flexed. The right upper extremity was parallel to the body, the left was 

 down and under. The skeleton measured 3 feet 10 inches as it lay. 



Burial No. 12, 38 feet W. by S., 5 feet down, a number of human bones not in 

 anatomical order. 



Burial No. 13, just below No. 12, on the bottom of the great pit, lying on 

 undisturbed sand, was an ordinary flexed burial of uncertain sex, on the left side, 

 head N. W., 5 feet 9 inches down. 



Burial No. 14, 36 feet W., 2 feet 4 inches down, on the bottom of a well-defined 

 pit apparently dug from the surface and filled with black loam and oyster shells, 

 though oyster shells on the surface at the time of opening the mound were few and 

 scattering, was a flexed burial of a male on the right side, head S. S. W. 



Burial No. 15, 29 feet W. S. W., 4 feet 5 inches down, the skeleton of a child, 

 about 10 or 11 years old, measuring 4 feet 1 inch as it lay, on the right side, the 

 thighs somewhat drawn up, the knees bent, head E. S. E. Right upper extremity 

 along body, the left crossing to pelvis. 



' Burial No. 16, 23 feet S. W. by S., 2 feet 9 inches down, measuring 5 feet 3 

 inches as it lay, with feet partly extended, was the skeleton of a woman on the 

 right side with thighs bent slightly forward, legs down from thighs. Right upper 

 arm a little out from body, with forearm returning to trunk. Left upper arm 

 parallel to body, with forearm crossing the pelvis. Head E. by S. 



Burial No. 17, 24 feet.S. S. W., 5 feet down, skeleton of a child about 5 years 

 old, full length on back, chin toward left shoulder, measuring 3 feet 4 inches as it lay, 

 with feet somewhat extended. Right upper arm along chest, forearm removed by 

 digger. Left humerus along chest, forearm crossing to pelvis. 



Burial No. 18 > 25 feet S. E. by S., 4 feet down, skeleton of female on right 

 side, partly flexed, head N. E. by N. Right upper arm out a little with fore- 

 arm returning toward pelvis. Left upper arm parallel to body, with forearm 

 crossing to pelvis. 



Burial No. 19, 20 feet S. S. E., 3 feet 10 inches down, female flexed on right 

 side, head N. E. 



Burial No. 20, 18 feet S. by E., 4 feet down, skeleton of female, full length, 

 face down, measuring 5 feet 3 inches from head to heel, head E. N. E. Right arm 

 akimbo. Left arm parallel to body. Left heel resting on right ankle. 



Burial No. 21. 23 feet S. W. by S., 3 feet 8 inches down, were two burials on 

 the same plane, diverging from the knees with the heads 2 feet apart. One, a male, 

 lay at full length on face, and measured 6 feet 3 inches as it lay with feet extended, 

 head S. E. Upper extremities parallel to body. The other, a female, head E. S. E., 

 at full length on back, measured 5 feet 11 inches, with outstretched feet. 



Burial No. 22, 28 feet W. S. W., 4 feet 9 inches down, skeleton probably female, 

 full length on back, 5.5 feet long with feet extended, head E. by S. Right upper 

 arm along body with forearm crossing pelvis. Left upper extremity parallel to 

 trunk. 



