104 CERTAIN ABORIGINAL MOUNDS OF THE GEORGIA COAST. 



23 inches, was filled with brown sand mixed with oyster shells showing that at 

 least a certain portion of the superficial shell deposit was present when it was dug. 

 Above the pit were 17 inches of shell deposit surmounted by 8 inches of black 

 surface loam. At the bottom of the grave was a bunched burial of an adult, 

 probably female. 



X. — 35 feet E. by N., a fireplace 2 feet 4 inches down. 



XX. — 18 feet S., a fireplace 10 inches from surface — a narrow band of charcoal 

 6 feet in length. 



7. — 19 feet S. by W., 2 feet from surface, skeleton in anatomical order, probably 

 female, head S., body on right side and badly twisted, knees drawn up toward side 

 of head, legs flexed on thighs, left arm over head, right arm down along body with 

 forearm flexed upward. With this skeleton was a bit of chert. The black base- 

 layer at this point was 5 inches thick and 3 feet 3 inches from the surface. 



8. — 17 feet S. by E., 2 feet clown, below the unbroken surface of loam and of 

 oyster shells was a portion of a flexed skeleton, the skull, with the exception of 

 half of the mandible, being absent. Upper part of trunk to the east on left side. 

 Upper portion of each humerus absent, but remaining portions of upper extremities 

 in anatomical order and in proper relation to remainder of skeleton present. 

 Fragments of clavicle and ribs in sancl near upper part of trunk. Vertebrae of 

 trunk in order, also pelvis and bones of lower extremities, with exception of parts 

 adjacent to, and comprising, knees, which were absent. About 1.5 feet distant were 

 half of a lower jaw, a piece of a rib, and of a clavicle, doubtless belonging to the 

 skeleton which had been dug through at a period prior to the formation of the shell 

 deposit for the burial of No. 9. 



9. — 1 foot immediately below No. 8 was a bunched burial of an adolescent, 

 lying on the black base-line. 



Y. — 27 feet E., a layer of sand, cherry colored through admixture with hematite, 

 3 feet 10 inches from the surface. This layer was about 3 inches above the black 

 band marking the base of the mound, was from .5 of 1 inch to 1 inch in thickness, 

 had a length of 1 foot 10 inches, and extended inward 2 feet. 



10. — 16 feet S. E., 10 inches down, lower extremities flexed in anatomical 

 order, part of one humerus and two-thirds of the bones of its lower arm. All other 

 portions of the skeleton absent, doubtless a comparatively recent disturbance. 



Z. — 19 feet E. S. E., 3.5 feet down, just below the black base-line, was a nest 

 of fragments of various vessels, filling a little pocket. 



11. — 18 feet E. by S., 2 feet from surface, lying on the black base-line, with 

 surface layer of oyster shells unbroken, was a skeleton of a female in a sitting 

 position, facing S. of E. The head was forced down between the thighs and legs 

 as shown in Fig. 59. Behind the skeleton was a marine mussel shell filled with 

 powdered hematite. 



12. — 15 feet S. S. E., bones probably belonging to a female, in caved sand. 



13. — 16 feet E. by S., a grave containing an adult skeleton of uncertain sex, in 

 a crouching position, trunk bending forward on thighs, and supported by the lower 



