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massive beads, 1 some at least wrought from the colume 11a of Fulgur carica and still 

 showing traces of the attractive natural carnelian color, the largest having a length 

 of 2.25 inches and a diameter of 1.4 inches (Fig. 69). Two similar beads lay in 

 the sand near by. With the shell beads were 16 pearls, 2 perforated, but otherwise 

 in good condition, the largest having a diameter of 10.7 mm. by 9.6 mm. 



Burial No. 31, 17 feet S. by W., skeleton of female on line of clear yellow 

 sand, there 3 feet 6 inches from surface, head S. Trunk much twisted. Pelvic 

 portion on back, upper trunk twisted to left. Left shoulder under and toward 

 opposite side. Left arm and forearm along body. Right arm and forearm under 

 body. Right thigh at right angle to body and projecting upward, leg flexed back 

 against it. Left thigh along body with leg against thigh. 



Burial No. 32, 20 feet S. W., skeleton of young person on yellow sand 3 feet 

 9 inches from surface, on right side, head E., body partially flexed, knees at right 

 angles to body with legs flexed back on thighs. 



Burial No. 33, 21 feet W. by N., skeleton of a child, flexed on left side, head 

 W., lying on clear yellow sand in a grave the boundaries of which were not exactly 

 distinguishable. 



Burial No. 34, 22 feet W. by N., skeleton of an adolescent, lying on yellow 

 sand 6 feet from surface, flexed on back, head N., next to Burial No. 1 and probably 

 in same pit. 



Burial No. 35, Vessel K, 19 feet S. W., an undecorated bowl of black ware, 

 crushed by the plow, but partially held together by sand. Nearby were human 

 bones and fragments of bone unaffected by fire, probably scattered by the plow. 

 Their connection with the bowl, which apparently contained no human remains, 

 could not be established. 



Burial No. 36, 16 feet S. by W., skeleton of male, on undisturbed sand 4 feet 

 from surface, flexed on right side, head N. 



Burial No. 37, Vessel L, 18 feet S. W., a vessel of the ordinary type with top 

 and upper body crushed by the plow, half filled with calcined human remains and 

 imperforate, as are all vessels we have found holding calcined remains. 



Burial No. 38, 13 feet S., skeleton of female, flexed on right side, head W., 

 lying on the level, 2 feet below the surface. 



Burial No. 39, 31 feet N. by W., a grave having its base 6 feet 2 inches from 

 the surface, and extending about 4 feet into undisturbed sand. Its diameter at the 

 line of the yellow sand was 8 feet 8 inches, lessening to 2 feet 9 inches, one foot 

 above the base upon which lay a skeleton of a male, flexed on right side, head S. E. 

 A bit of cord-marked pottery — possibly of accidental introduction — lay near the foot. 



Burial No. 40, 14 feet S. by W., skeleton of a dog, 3 feet from surface. 



Burial No. 41, 20 feet S. W., a pit extending 14 inches into yellow sand and 

 having its base 4 feet 4 inches from the surface. On the base lay a skeleton of a 

 female, flexed on left side, facing back, head S. 



1 See "Art in Shell," Plate XXXIV, Eeport Bureau of Ethnology, 1880-1881. 



2 As to pearls in Southern mounds see Antiquities of the Southern Indians, C. C. Jones, Chap- 

 ter XXI. 



