118 CERTAIN ABORIGINAL MOUNDS OF THE GEORGIA COAST. 



Burial No. 7, 29 feet W. by S., a circular pit, with a diameter of about 30 

 inches, whose base was 36 inches from the surface, the upper 22 inches being sur- 

 rounded by disturbed brownish sand, the lower 14 inches extending into undisturbed 

 yellow sand. About 6 inches from the base was a portion of a thorax, one scapula 

 and the head of a humerus. 



Vessel F, 25 feet S. E., a vessel of the ordinary type, lying on its side on 

 undisturbed yellow sand, there 2 feet from the surface. No bones were discovered 

 and the vessel was too much crushed to furnish exact data of any sort. 



In the outer S. E. portion of the mound, unassociated with human remains, 

 were six fresh-water mussel shells, one within the other, four badly crushed. The 

 remaining two showed no perforation. 



Burial No. 8, 21 feet E. by S., probably a grave, but the line of demarcation 

 impossible to determine. On the base, 2 feet 4 inches down, was a skeleton, head 

 E., and turned to the left, trunk on face, knees to left, legs flexed back on thighs. 

 Arms parallel to sides of bodj^, forearms flexed up. This skeleton, of an individual 

 about 5 feet 5 inches in height, was of a slender male or of a strongly built woman. 



Burial No. 9, 27 feet S. W., in a pit, 2 feet 6 inches from the surface, above 

 No. 16, were a few scattered bones including phalanges, two bits of radius, one 

 patella, two ossa innominata, 



Burial No. 10, 28 feet S., a skeleton of a child lying on undisturbed yellow 

 sand, there 3 feet 9 inches from the surface. The bones were inadvertently dug 

 into and disarranged. No pit was apparent — by no means conclusive proof of its 

 non-existence in the case of this mound. 



Burial No. 11, 32 feet S. W., a grave beneath Burial No. 4 and under the shell 

 layer XXX, having its base 5 feet 4 inches from the surface, The most careful 

 endeavor failed to define the limits of this grave which contained a skeleton of a 

 male on left side, head N. E. with one knee under the head and one against the 

 forehead. 



Burial No. 12, Vessel G, 26 feet S., a bell-jar shaped vessel, imperforate, with 

 faint checked stamp, inverted on the yellow sand, there 3 feet 6 inches from the 

 surface. A small section of the rim was missing. Several cracks were filled with 

 a quick-setting cement which was allowed to dry while the vessel was in place. 

 The vessel contained the calcined bones of a child lying on sand which extended 

 up inside about two-fifths of the height of the vessel, which is 12.5 inches. Its 

 diameter of mouth, which is also its maximum diameter, is 12.5 inches. 



Burial No. 13a, b, c, 26 feet S., three skeletons of dogs buried singly within 

 a few feet of each other. 



Burial No. 14, 22 feet W., a pocket of calcined human remains and charcoal, 

 31 inches down, 9 inches across at the start, and about 3 inches thick. It tapered 

 inward a distance of about 13 inches. Among the fragmentary bones were a number 

 of shell beads, some calcined and others unaffected by fire. 



Burial No. 15, 25 feet S. W., a grave, surface to bottom of pit, on which skeleton 

 la}^, 4 feet 6 inches. It extended 1 foot 6 inches into clear yellow sand. Its limits 



