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CERTAIN SAND MOUNDS OF 



from the axis of the Fulgur, grooved at both ends and partially cnt away 

 (fig. 32); two pieces of fungus; a pear-shaped pebble, grooved for sus- 



Fk;. 32. Pendent ornament from 

 axis of Fulgur (full sizej. 



Fig. 33- "Sinker" of 

 quartz (full size). 



Fig 34. Pendent ornament of 

 shell (full size) 



pension (fig. 33) ; a flat pendent ornament of shell 2 - (i inches in length, grooved 

 at the upper portion with central perforation in the groove (fig. 34), and a small 

 fragment of pottery. 



Along the top of the white sand, with the bones of a child and a quantity of 

 •small shell beads, was a pendent ornament fashioned from the lip of a marine uni- 

 valve, having a length of 4 - 12 inches, a width of 1*4 inches. One end was perfor- 

 ated. This pendant doubtless served for personal decoration in connection with 

 the beads. In association with it were eight marine shells — one Area pexata, one 

 Area incongrua, one PectunciUiis, and five specimens of Pecten with a fragment 

 of another. These shells were all perforated and probably served as a necklace. 1 



Pottery. — Twenty-seven feet from the margin of the base in the southern 

 trench. 7 feet bej'ond where traces of the white sand layer were first apparent, was 

 the first burial in the white sand layer. At this point the brown sand, or upper 

 stratum, was 5 feet 3 inches, and the white sand below, 2 feet 4 inches, in .thick- 

 ness. Immediately above was a pot with a rounded imperforated base, 7 - 4 inches 

 in height, with a maximum diameter of 7*5 inches midwa}^ between the base and 

 aperture. Its diameter at the mouth was 5*5 inches. Below the aperture was an 

 incised line encircling the pot, surmounting a line of semi-perforations "25 of an 

 inch below, while beneath these was a circle of red paint. Near the margin of the 

 aperture on either side was a small perforation for suspension. 



'Necklaces of shells were used by primitive man both in Europe and in this country- See M. Riviere, 

 "De 1' Antiquite de l'Homme dans les AIpes-Maritimes," plate XXI, and C C- Jones, op- cit.. page 518, and foot 

 note, 519. 



