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Only one specimen (Fig. 8) was found, that seems to belong to the extemporized 



Fig. 8. Rude fluted cup, uu perforated. 

 variety (Fig. 2, " Naturalist;' July, 1892) . This occurred with the crumbling bones 

 of a skeleton buried at the base of the middle or white sand stratum of the mound. 

 We thus have from this mound all the varieties of ware characterizing the later 

 periods of native occupation save the stamped pottery. 



The absence of articles made by the whites is noted by Mr. Moore, and this 

 may be regarded as good evidence that the work was done before the Columbian oc- 

 cupation, but it should be noted that in other sand mounds the varieties of ware 

 found here are associated with foreign art, thus connecting the builders of this 

 mound with historic tribes, in all probability of Tamuquanan stock. 



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Figs. 9 and 10. Fiber-tempered pottery with archaic decorations. 

 Tick Island Shell Motcnd. — A ridge shaped shell mound, a few hundred yards 

 south of the great Tick Island burial mound, yielded many fragments of pottery of 

 a variety differing from any of those described above. Although pretty generally 

 ornamented it is rude in construction and finish, and pertains, no doubt, to the 

 culinary operations of the shell fishers. In form the vessels, now in sherds, appear 

 to have been simple bowls and pots of medium size with thick walls and moderate 



