124 CERTAIN ABORIGINAL MOUNDS OF THE GEORGIA COAST. 



inches from the surface and extending 2 feet 8 inches into the yellow undisturbed 

 sand. The diameter of this grave, 2 feet 1 inch beneath the surface, where it first 

 became apparent upon entering the clear sand, was 8 feet. It converged to a base 

 upon which lay a skeleton of a male, flexed on right side, head N. E. The super- 

 ficial layer of shell began at this point. 



Burial No. 54, 30 feet N. of E., a layer of charcoal, blackened sand and calcined 

 shells, 8 inches thick, 20 inches long, extending inward 18 inches. The upper 

 margin of this layer was 3.5 feet from the surface. 



Burial No. 55, 25 feet E. by S., a part of a skull and a sacrum, 2 feet 4 inches 

 from the surface. One foot 2 inches lower and about 2 feet farther inward was a 

 skeleton flexed on its right side, lacking the skull but having the sacrum in place. 



Burial No. 56, 17 feet N. W., 3 feet 9 inches from the surface, skeleton of 

 young person with epiphyses unattached, flexed on right side, head N. E. 



Burial No. 57, 17 feet N. by W., 3 feet from the surface on undisturbed sand 

 lay a skeleton of a male, on the right side, flexed, the knees out, head E. This 

 skeleton showed a fairly well-united fracture of the lower end of the fibula. 



Burial No. 58, 19 feet N. by E., in a pit having its base 5 feet from the surface, 

 beneath a superficial layer of 2 feet 4 inches of shell, which began over No. 53, was 

 a skeleton of uncertain sex, at full length, face down, measuring 5 feet 6 inches as 

 it lay, head E., arms parallel to body. Above the skeleton, beginning at the surface, 

 were : 



Dark sand ...... 1 foot 3 inches 



Shell layer 2 feet 4 inches 



The pit beginning immediately under the shell was filled with 1 foot 5 inches 

 of disturbed yellow sand. As no oyster shells were mingled with the sand filling 

 the grave, it is evident that the grave was completed before the beginning of the 

 layer above it, and not dug through it. 



Burial No. 59, 14 feet N. W., 3 feet 4 inches from surface, skeleton of male 

 with bones disarranged through inadvertence of diggers. 



Burial No. 60, 16 feet N. W., a grave filled with brown sand, having disturbed 

 yellow sand on either side. From surface of mound to base of pit, 3 feet 3 inches. 

 On undisturbed sand, flexed skeleton of female, head N. W., shoulders on back, 

 lower trunk turned to the left, knees to the left. 



Burial No. 61, 21 feet N. E., a pocket of calcined human bones and charcoal, 

 3 feet 4 inches from the surface to its lower margin, 10 inches thick, 20 inches 

 across and extending inward 10 inches. Near this fireplace was the lower articular 

 portion of the femur of a bear, neatly severed by a cutting tool. A similar speci- 

 men was taken from Mound B, Darien. 



Burial No. 62, Vessel Ma, 17 feet E. by S., a vessel of the ordinary type, having 

 its upper margin 9 inches below the surface, crushed to fragments by the plow, which, 

 however, were subsequently recovered and pieced together. Height, 18 inches ; dia- 

 meter of mouth, 13.5 inches ; diameter of body, 11.5 inches. Upright, within 

 vessel Ma, was an undecorated bowl of black ware, slightly flaring (Mb). Approxi- 



