112 CERTAIN ABORIGINAL MOUNDS OF THE GEORGIA COAST. 



Mound C, like Mound B, was riddled with pits in which lay a majority of the 

 skeletons. Burials were noted to the number of 92, though this figure conveys no 

 idea of the exact number of individuals represented, since at times only portions of 

 the skeleton were present, while on the other hand, several skeletons, buried in 

 conjunction, have been included as one interment. Pockets of calcined human 

 bones were five times encountered, two being met with south of the cross-section 

 while digging out central portions of the mound. 



As was the case in Mound B, no urn-burials of any sort were present. 



With thirteen burials were artifacts: pierced Olivella shells; bone pins; shell 

 beads; fresh-water mussel shells; pebble-hammers; sandstone hone; shell drinking cup; 

 small imperforate bowl ; two conchs (Fjilgur carica), pierced for use as implements. 



Occupying a central position in the mound was a pit, roughly circular, clearly 

 dug down from the surface where it had a diameter of about 13 feet. Eight feet 

 below the surface it had converged to a base about 3 feet across. The pit had been 

 filled with sand mingled with midden refuse and had been capped with a solid 



tral pit. Mound C. 



deposit of oyster shells having a maximum thickness of 2.5 feet. The upper eastern 

 portion of the pit had been cut through by a grave (see diagram of pit Fig. 63), and 

 at different points the pit itself contained skeletal remains placed there at the time 

 of the filling. On the bottom of this pit and extending up on the sides, was an 

 irregular deposit of fragments of calcined human bones, having an average thick- 

 ness of about 5 inches and a diameter of 7 feet measured across between the 

 margins extending upward (Burial 82). Mingled with the calcined fragments was 

 a curious medley as follows : a great number of shell beads of various shapes, some 

 tubular, one having a length of about 3 inches, mostly unaffected by fire but some 

 showing calcination ; 8 pearls, pierced, one showing traces of fire ; 8 chert spalls 

 together ; 14 chips of chert together ; 53 quartz pebbles, intimately associated, each 

 about the size of a pea ; great numbers of sherds, including one circular in shape, 

 with a central perforation ; a considerable number of bone pins, one 7.5 inches long 

 with a perforation (Fig. 64). In addition to this diverse collection was the body of 

 the lower jaw of some carnivore, and parts of other jaws, with the lower portions 

 ground away as we have described in the account of the mound at Greenseed Field. 



