318 CERTAIN ABORIGINAL REMAINS OF THE ALABAMA RIVER. 



Covering the aperture of Vessel EE, was an inverted bowl (DD), with incised 

 and punctate decoration, 14.3 inches across at its broadest part and 6.8 inches in 

 height (Fig. 31). 



A hole had been knocked in the base of Vessel DD, and over this hole had 

 been placed, inverted, the base of another vessel, presumably to keep out the earth. 



This urn-burial complete was sent to the Peabody Museum, Cambridge, Mass., 

 where broken portions have been pieced together. This burial, as it appeared when 

 found, is shown in Fig. 32. 



Vessels FF and GG. — These vessels had been crushed and shattered into small 

 pieces, among which were shell beads and fragments of bones of an infant. 



s found. Cemetery, 



Vessels HH and II. — These were crushed to small pieces and parts had been 

 carried away by the plough. The remaining fragments, among which were a few 

 decaying bones of an infant, were abandoned. 



Vessels JJ and KK. — In all respects similar to the preceding ones. 



Vessels LL and MM. — These were the smallest mortuary vessels met with by 

 us at Durand's Bend. The under one (MM) has a maximum diameter of 9.5 inches. 

 It is 6 inches high. It is of the usual type and contains the skull of an infant and 

 some, perhaps all, of the skeleton which was not in anatomical order. These bones, 

 in better condition than infant remains usually are, were hardened by us by means 

 of glue and are preserved intact in the urn. 



