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either side was a small perforation for suspension (Plate III, Fig. 3). This vase of 

 unusual type, gave the impression of a saucer with perforated bottom, placed upon 

 a bowl. It was undecorated. 



Two feet below the surface and 15 feet west of the center of the mound was 

 an oblong dish, undecorated, with a portion of the bottom intentionally knocked 

 out. The length of the vessel was 5 inches, its width 3 - 12 inches with a depth of 

 1-75 inches (Plate IV, Fig. 1). 



Six feet eight inches from the surface, 3 feet north of the center of the mound, 

 was an imperforate bowl'7"75 inches in diameter, and 2 - 37 inches in height. Its orna- 

 mentation was a small diamond pattern conferred through the medium of a stamp. 



Fourteen feet from the surface and 16 feet south of the center 1 of the mound 

 in a local layer of bright red sand with human remains and fragments of charcoal, 

 and in connection with a deposit of chert already described, were six unbroken 

 vessels of clay. In addition were a number crushed beyond restoration. Of the 

 unbroken pots all had base perforations intentionally made, and all, with two excep- 

 tions, were undecorated. Of these two one was of a model entirely unique in the 

 river mounds (Plate IV, Fig. 2). Diameter at opening 3 inches, maximum diame- 

 ter 4 - 5 inches, height 3 inches. The other, a bowl (Plate IV, Fig. 3), had a height 

 of 3 inches, a diameter at mouth of 14 inches, with a maximum diameter of 375 

 inches. Of the undecorated vessels in this deposit the largest, a bowl, had a height 

 of 3 - 25 inches, with a diameter at opening of 4*85 inches. Another was bell-shaped ; 

 its height 3*5 inches, its diameter at the mouth 4 - 85 inches. 



Three feet from the surface, with fragmentary human remains, was a rude bead 

 of pottery 2 - 12 inches in length, with a maximum thickness of 112 inches, tapering 

 somewhat toward the ends, and with longitudinal perforation. 



Four feet from the surface was a small vessel of colored pottery. A broken 

 surface on either side below the margin indicated the former presence of handles. 



Five feet six inches below the surface were four small bowls ; one in fragments. 

 All were undecorated, and all were intentionally perforated through the base. 

 Three were of conventional form but the remaining one much resembled a small 

 tureen, an unusual pattern on the river (Plate V, Fig. 1). Its length was 3'75 

 inches, with a maximum breadth of 3 inches. The height was 2'5 inches. 



A tube of pottery of dark color, upon which a high polish had been conferred, 

 was found near the surface. Its length was 3 - 25 inches, its diameter - 7 of an 

 inch. 



Four feet from the surface was a vase with flaring top. It was undecorated. 

 The bottom and a portion of the body were wanting. The height of the remain- 

 der was 5'5 inches, its maximum diameter 5 inches, the measurement across the 

 mouth 4-25 inches (Plate V, Fig. 2). 



In the northern slope of the mound at a depth of 8 feet was a small undeco- 

 rated pot, intentionally perforated at the base. In shape it much resembled a cru- 

 cible; its height was 2 - 75 inches. 



1 The term center is used to indicate an imaginary line drawn vertically through the center of the mound. 



