176 CERTAIN ABORIGINAL MOUNDS OF THE ALTAMAHA RIVER. 



All that remained of the mound was dug through by us. It. was composed of yel- 

 low sand unstratified and had a distinct dark band 2 inches in thickness running 

 along the base at the level of the surrounding territory. There were no pits. 



Exclusive of scattered human remains in disturbed sand, seven interments were 

 met with. Three of these were pockets of small fragments of calcined human bones, 



Fig. 13.— Tobacco-pipe of earthenware. Mound near Lake Blutf'. (Full size.) 



each presumably the remains of one skeleton. With two, no artifacts were present, 

 With the third, lying immediately on top, was a hoe-shaped implement of calcareous 

 rock, 8 inches in length. One side was much weathered. When new, this imple- 

 ment, polished and milk white, must have presented an attractive appearance. In 

 all our mound work we have met with this type but once before, having found one 



(Fig. 14.— Tobacco-pipe of e 



r Lake Bluff. Full 



in the mound in the pine woods, back of Duval's landing, Blue creek, Lake county, 

 Florida. 1 



The flexed skeleton of a child lay near the base. Close to the skull was a 

 single vertebra of an adult. With the skeleton were a few shell beads. 



1 "Certain Sand Mounds of the St. Johns River, Florida," Part I, Jotirn. Acad. Nat. Sci., 



