120 CERTAIN ABORIGINAL MOUNDS OF THE GEORGIA COAST. 



the head. Right arm and forearm down along body ; left arm along body, with 

 forearm across body. 



Burial No. 22c, 30 inches from the surface, above pelvic portion of Burial No. 

 22a. Male, face down, head S. E. Knees and legs to the left. Arms along body 

 with forearms under it. . 



Burial No. 22d, above Burial No. 22b, but just beneath surface, skeleton of an 

 adult male, disturbed by the plow, lying on back, head W., knees to the left. 



Burial No. 22e, 10 feet E. by S., on the line of undisturbed sand, a flexed skeleton 

 of a female, face down, head S. A pebble-hammer lay in association. 



Above these burials, with the exception of No. 22cl, the central shell layer first 

 made its appearance, at first but an inch or two in thickness, increasing over the 

 burials to 14 inches where its upper margin was 8 inches below the upper surface 

 of the mound. 



Burial No. 23, 21 feet W., 2 feet 8 inches down on clear yellow sand with a 

 thin layer of oyster shells above it, was the skeleton of a female, face down and 

 under the body, head W., a knee on either side of the head with arms between 

 body and thighs. 



Burial No. 24, 35 feet N. by E., skeleton of a dog, 2 feet 7 inches down. 



Burial No. 25, 17 feet E. of S., flexed 

 skeleton of female, face down, head W., 2 feet 

 10 inches from the surface on the. line of the 

 undisturbed yellow sand. No grave was 

 apparent. 



. Burial No. 26, 21 feet W. of S., a pocket 

 of calcined fragments of human bones and 

 charcoal, 3 inches thick at the start, lying on 

 the line of undisturbed sand, 3 feet 8 inches 

 down. This layer at the start was 1 foot 10 

 inches across, broadening 18 inches inward to 27 inches, with a maximum thickness 

 of 8 inches and tapering from that point to its end, 2 feet 11 inches from the start. 

 Burial No. 2'7a, 16 feet S. by E., a pit with charcoal, much resembling No. 21, 

 having its base 4 feet 2 inches from the surface. At its base was a skeleton of 

 uncertain sex, flexed, trunk face down, head E. Though the skull lay in the char- 

 coal, it bore no marks of fire. 



Burial No. 27b, about 10 inches above No. 27a, was a flexed skeleton of a male, 

 on right side, head W. 



Burial No. 28, Vessel I, 19 feet S., just beneath the surface was a vessel crushed 

 to fragments by the plow, with calcined pieces of human bones which the vessel 

 had contained. 



Burial No. 29, 18 feet S., flexed skeleton of male on back, on undisturbed sand, 

 3 feet 3 inches from surface, head S. W. 



Burial No. 30, Vessel J, 14 feet S., undecorated vessel broken into fragments by 

 the plow, containing calcined bones of a child and many small shell beads with 33 



