108 CERTAIN ABORIGINAL MOUNDS OF THE GEORGIA COAST. 



pebble and a tooth of a fossil shark, 4.25 inches in length with portions cut from 

 either side of the base for convenience in hafting (Fig. 61). Portions were split 

 from either side of the point showing hard usage. We have before met with 

 large fossil teeth of sharks in mounds of Florida and of Georgia, but none 

 bore marks of service or of workmanship of any kind. We have seen also small 

 teeth of fossil sharks, which came from mounds of the St. Johns River, Florida. 



These teeth had a perforation at the base 

 and were used either as pendants or as 

 knives, like sharks teeth of the present 

 geological period — found by Mr. Cushing 

 during his recent investigations — which 

 were pierced and fastened to small 

 handles. 



40. — 22 feet N. E., a grave, in which 

 was a skeleton sitting in about the same 

 position as No. 13, facing N. E. Right 

 humerus along body, right forearm flexed 

 on humerus, left humerus along body 

 with forearm across and outside of legs. 

 Back of the skeleton, on the pelvis, with 

 the spinal column directly in front, was a 

 cord-marked bowl or a large part of one, 

 crushed to fragments. This grave, the 

 bottom of which was 4 feet from the 

 surface, extended through the black base- 

 layer of the mound, there 8 inches thick, 

 and continued 1 foot beyond. The grave 

 was filled with brown sand containing 

 some oyster shells, and it is probable that 

 it was made at a time when the surface 

 layer of oyster shells was in process of 

 formation. 

 41. — 12 feet S. by W., skeleton of male on left side, head S. Right humerus 

 across body, forearm extended. Left humerus under body, forearm partly flexed. 

 Thighs flexed on body, legs back and parallel to thighs. 



42. — 22 feet N. by E., 3 feet down, skeleton probably male, much flexed on 

 right side, head N. W. 



43. — 18 feet W. by S, 4.5 feet down including 1 foot 3 inches below the line 

 of the base of the mound, was the skeleton of a dog. 



44. — 11 feet N. E., 6 feet from the surface, was the skeleton of a woman, lying 

 on back in an unusually extended position for this mound. Head S. E. Thighs out 

 from body and raised to an angle of 45 degrees. Legs down at same angle. Right 

 humerus along body, forearm across trunk ; left humerus and forearm parallel with 

 body. This skeleton measured 3 feet 9 inches as it lay. 



