116 CERTAIN ABORIGINAL MOUNDS OF THE GEORGIA COAST. 



yellow sand, one immediately above the other, were the skeletons of two males, 

 similarly interred, heads N., flexed on right side. With one was an undecorated 

 bone pin or piercing implement which fell to pieces during removal. 



X. — A local shell layer extending above these burials. It began 34 feet a 

 little N. of W. and extended inward 13 feet. Its thickness at the outside margin 

 was 2 feet (all such measurements are approximate) increasing to 28 inches above 

 the grave from where it tapered sharply to 2.5 inches at its inner limit. 



Burial No. 2, Vessel Aa, 24 feet E. by S., a practically intact vessel of the 

 common type, with base perforation, upright as usual. Its base was 12 inches above 

 the undisturbed yellow sand which, at this point, was 3 feet 4 inches from the 

 surface. The height of the vessel is 16 inches, its upper margin therefore was 1 

 foot from the surface. 



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Fig. 67. — Section of grave 1. Mound D. 



About half-way down, inside of Aa, was an inverted, imperforate bowl of black 

 ware having stamped complicated decoration (Ab). Portions of the rim were broken 

 and missing. On the bottom of Aa, were the skull of an infant in fragments and 

 other bones, including several ribs. These vessels were sent to the National 

 Museum, Washington, D. C. 



Burial No. 3, upon a local shell layer (XX) 30 feet S. by E., 22 inches down, 

 was the flexed skeleton of a child just starting on its second dentition. Head S. 



XX. — A shell layer beginning immediately under No. 2, extending inward 6 

 feet 10 inches. Breadth at outer margin, 4 feet, 3 feet at termination; 1 foot 8 

 inches thick at the beginning, decreasing to 6 inches, increasing to 1 foot and then 

 tapering away. 



Vessel B, 35 feet S. E., a vessel of the ordinary type, 14 inches in height, rest- 

 ing on undisturbed yellow sand 2 feet 10 inches from the surface. The base had a 

 portion intentionally knocked out. The entire side was crushed in and broken 

 into small fragments. Over the opening had been placed several large pieces of 

 earthenware, but with that lack of care distinguishing the makers of the mounds at 

 Ossabaw from those of the Walker mound, these pieces had been allowed to slide 

 over somewhat during the filling in of the pit, thus permitting the entrance of 

 sand. No bones were noted in this vessel, but beyond question the remains of an 

 infant had disappeared through decay. 



