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EARTHENWARE. 



At the margin of that portion of the mound where the remarkable deposit of 

 earthenware effigies and pots was found by us the preceding season, a number of 

 similar objects — ten or a dozen — were met with, presenting, however, no new types. 



About 18 inches from the surface, in the eastern slope of the mound, not far 

 from the margin of the base, with human remains, was a small animal effigy, similar 

 in type to those previously found, which, it will be remembered, were on the southern 

 slope. With this exception, none of these curious effigies were met w r ith in any 

 other portion of the mound. 



Sherds were infrequent, and all, with possibly one or two exceptions, were 

 undecorated, save in some cases by the use of red pigment. 



Under the summit plateau, from 7 to 10 feet from the surface, were a number 

 of earthenware bowls and vessels of large size, one having a diameter of 21 inches. 

 They were not in immediate association, and none, even excluding a portion 

 knocked from the bottom, which w^as common to all, was complete. The 

 missing portions were not found in association, and it was evident that the canny 

 builders of the mound had utilized broken vessels for mortuary purposes. Certain 

 ones, in fact, were so fragmentary that, presenting no decoration, their retention 

 was deemed needless. 



Among the earthenware vessels from this portion of the mound was a curious 

 fragment, having a height of about 5 inches and an approximate diameter of 82-5 

 inches (Plate XXV, Fig. 3). 



A circular flaring bowl, having traces of red pigment inside and out, had a 

 diameter at mouth of 15 inches (Plate XXVI, Fig. 1), and a globular vessel deco- 

 rated around the margin, shown half size in Plate XXVII, Fig. 3, lay not far distant. 



Still another vessel, bell-shaped, had major and minor diameters of 10 and 4 

 inches, respectively. As both margins exhibit broken surfaces, its orignal shape 

 cannot be determined. 



In the eastern slope, 2 feet from the surface, with human remains, was some- 

 what over half of a vessel entirely new in our experience on the St. John's (Plate 

 XXVI, Fig. 2). Length of fragment, 8 inches; maximum breadth, 8 inches; 

 height at aperture, 4*7 inches. The material is of superior quality, thin and 

 thoroughly baked ; the punctate decoration carefully stamped. The shape of the 

 entire vessel must have been ellipsoidal, though with pointed extremities. Through 

 the upper portion of the remaining end are two perforations, made previous to 

 baking. While the one below the margin is easily explainable as for purposes of 

 suspension, it is hard to account for the other situated not far above the base 

 towards the end of the slope. The care exhibited in the manufacture of this vessel, 

 its superior quality and conscientious decoration, separate it from the class of mort- 

 uary "freaks," though, on the other hand, the lower perforation made the retention 

 of liquids an impossibility, and would seem to unfit it for domestic purposes. 



Ten feet from the surface, with human remains, was a curious oblong article 



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