THE ST. JOHN'S RIVER, FLORIDA. 



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Fig. 115. 



Fig. 114. 

 Fragments of pottery shaped to imitate the arrow head (full size). 



It will be remarked that nothing indicating other than aboriginal workmanship 

 was found below 18 inches from the surface of the burial mound. 



Fort Taylor, Brevard County. 



On the southwestern shore of Lake Winder, visible from the lake, is a sand 

 mound covered with forest trees. Its present height is 14 feet, its circumference 

 475 feet. The summit plateau has been increased and the height possibly lessened 

 to make room for a house which formerly had a position on the mound. Many ex- 

 cavations had previously been made and surface finds of silver plates reported. 

 We have not seen them. 



An excavation was begun 19 feet from the margin of the base, at which point 

 it was estimated that surface wash and debris thrown down by former investigators 

 would be avoided. The mound is built upon shell. Fourteen feet from the start- 

 ing point and 8 feet from the surface was encountered a layer composed entirely of 

 Unios, 4 inches in thickness. At this point began skeletons, lying upon the shell. 

 The bodies were flexed and at some points were almost in contact. They were 

 badly decayed. The mound was of brown sand un stratified, with the exception of 

 the layer of shell already mentioned. Its shell base had sloped upward two feet 

 at the point of termination of the trench, which was there 12 feet in depth. 



HUMAN REMAINS. 



Of three humeri, one showed perforation. 

 Four tibiae gave an average index of 64 "6. 



POTTERY, IMPLEMENTS, ETC. 



With the exception of sherds, some of which had been shaped rudely to re- 

 semble the arrow head, no pottery was met with, nor were any implements what- 

 ever found. 



