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but not referred to until its close, namely, the utter absence of artifacts with burials 

 at length, was again emphasized in this mound. Though as a rule, extended burials 

 lay near the base, on it or below it, and often great pits had been made for their 

 accommodation, yet associated artifacts were always wanting. As a rule, calcined 

 deposits not enclosed in cinerary urns and masses of bones not in anatomical order 

 were the most favored in respect to art-relics, though flexed burials were not 

 entirely neglected. 



Skidd a way Island, Chatham County. Third Settlement, Mound B. 



What the plow had spared of this mound lay in a cultivated field about 300 

 yards N. of Mound A. Its height was about 18 inches. Oyster shells were scattered 

 on its surface and throughout the adjacent field. A diameter of 60 feet was taken 

 and the eastern half completely dug through. Marginal pits filled with refuse were 

 present. Local layers of oyster shells and the usual grave-pits were met with. 

 One grave extended 4 feet below the surface. 



Human remains, encountered at eleven points, included one aboriginal disturb- 

 ance and three inadvertently dug into by men in our employ. The remaining seven 

 are given in detail. 



Burial No. 1, female in kneeling position, leaning forward, head N. E. 



Burial No. 3, male in sitting position, facing N. Head crushed almost to pelvis. 



Burial No. 5, 13 feet N. E., child from 3 to 5 years of age, in sitting position, 

 facing E. 



Burial No. 6, child about six years old, apparently flexed on right side, head S. 



Burial No. 7, skeleton of uncertain sex in a sitting position, facing about 

 S. S. W., tilted against one side of the pit. 



Burial No. 8, skeleton of male, kneeling and crooked forward, head N. W. 



Burial No. 11, skeleton of adolescent flexed on left side, head S. E. 



Several pebble-hammers were met with. 



Earthenware of the complicated stamp was wanting. 



Skiddaway Island, Chatham County. North-end Settlement. 



This mOund, in a field formerly under cultivation, about 1.25 miles in a S. S. W. 

 direction from the northern end of the island, had sustained a certain amount of 

 previous investigation. Its height was 2 feet; its diameter, apparently about 45 

 feet. The mound was completely dug clown by us. 



Several skeletons offering no points of especial interest and the lower part of a 

 vessel of the ordinary type were met with. The upper part of this vessel had been 

 ploughed away and lost. Near by lay one fragment of a calcined bone. 



No artifacts of interest were found. 



Remarks. 

 The'mounds of the Georgia coast, as judged by their contents, lead us to believe 

 them to have been relics of a race ill supplied with stone, almost without copper, 



