132 CERTAIN ABORIGINAL MOUNDS OF THE GEORGIA COAST. 



sand with oyster shells scattered throughout. Toward the center the shells became 

 more numerous but were not in a compact mass. From what seemed to be the 

 center of the surface of the mound to undisturbed sand was 26 inches. 



Sherds were of very infrequent occurrence, none bearing the complicated stamp. 



The mound, in swampy ground, contained human remains at six points, all 

 badly decayed. 



Burial No. 1, 3 feet W. of center, just beneath the surface, was a small pocket 

 of scattered fragments of calcined human bones with charcoal at either extremity. 



Fig. 75. — Vessel of 



Burial No. 2, in a central position in the mound, on the bottom of a pit 29 

 inches deep and extending 10 inches into undisturbed sand, was a deposit of calcined 

 fragments of human bones, 14 by 18 inches, and 4 to 6 inches in thickness. At 

 either side, and above this deposit, was charcoal. At its outer margin was a pebble- 

 hammer of quartz and a small chisel of greenstone. A little farther in, resting on 

 its imperforate base, was an undecorated bowl, with a slightly inverted rim, having 

 a diameter at mouth of 5.3 inches, a maximum diameter of 6 inches and a height 

 of 2.8 inches. Upright within this was a curious little imperforate, undecorated 

 vessel. Diameter of mouth, 2.3 inches ; maximum diameter, 3 inches ; height, 2.4 



