CERTAIN ABORIGINAL REMAINS OF THE N. W. FLORIDA COAST. 479 



with no associated remains. The decoration, incised, is in the main similar to that 

 of Vessel No. 40 from this cemetery. Maximum diameter, 6.8 inches ; depth, 3 

 inches. 



Vessel No. 21. — A large fragment of a vessel, lying over a skull. 



Vessel No. 22. — Found just below the surface, lying on its side in the deposit 

 of sherds, containing, and surmounted by, parts of other vessels, was a vessel of 

 two compartments, which, we believe, represents the open bivalve rather more 

 conventionalized than is sometimes seen in the ware of the Mississippi district, a 

 good example of which may be found on Plate VI in Thruston's excellent 



Vessel- No. 23. — An 



Fig. 87.— Vessel No. 22. Cemetery near Point Washington. (About seven-elevenths size.) 



" Antiquities of Tennessee." The decoration on the body consists of a form of 

 incised scroll. On the base of one compartment are concentric circles. On the 

 other base, these circles begun, have not been completed. There are no basal 

 perforations (Fig. 87). 



imperforate bowl inverted over fragments of the skull of 

 a child or of an infant, 11.5 

 inches maximum diameter, 6.5 

 inches in depth. The decora- 

 tion, incised, is shown in Fig. 

 88. By a small crack near 

 the rim three holes, intended to 

 allow a sinew or a cord to 

 strengthen the parts, have been 

 begun but not completed. 

 Vessel No. 24. — A large fragment from the pottery layer, having on one side 

 an animal head for a handle. 



Vessel No. 25. — A perforate bowl inverted over the skull of an old person, 



