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identified by him as red cedar. No evidence in the mound tended to show the 

 former existence of a house or pen, as is sometimes seen in Ohio. Upon the 

 planking lay a long stone "celt" in three fragments. Whether this breakage 

 occurred in process of splitting the wood we can but surmise. Flooring of this 

 character is unique in our experience of Florida mounds. 



HUMAN REMAINS. 



In all, thirty-four bundles of bones were met with in separate localities, though 

 in no case did a bundle represent an entire skeleton, the smaller bones of which 

 were never included, and even the larger at times were absent. Upon one occasion 

 portions of three skeletons lay under one cranium. 



The bones were mainly within three feet of the surface, and as a rule occupied 

 a central position, the marginal portion of the mound being almost destitute of 

 human remains. The bones were in the last stages of decay. 



In the eastern slope of the mound, about one foot below the present level of 

 the surrounding territory, was a bunched burial. One yard south of this was a 

 species of pocket containing charcoal in small bits, mingled with numbers of small 

 fragments of human bones, including the head of a radius, a small portion of a 

 jaw, a bit of a cranium, and a part of a vertebra. With these were fragments of 

 bones of lower animals. 



Near the surface, with disturbed strata above, \&y a skeleton at length in 

 complete anatomical order. The bones of this secondaiy interment were in good 

 condition. 



IMPLEMENTS, ORNAMENTS, ETC. 



On the base of the mound was an arrow head of chert showing marks of fire. 

 Beyond this and the fragmentary "celt," to which reference has been made, no 

 implements or ornaments lay along the base. 



Never deeper than 3 - 5 feet from the surface, sometimes with human remains, 

 were twelve hatchets of polished stone, varying from 3 - 5 to 9 inches in length. 



In the eastern slope of the mound, unassociated with human remains, 4'5 feet 

 from the surface, were two pockets containing 29 and 51 chippings of chert, 

 respectively. 



Entirely unassociated, 3 feet 8 inches from the surface, not far from the center 



Fig. 61. Ornament of polished stone, Harris Mound. (Full size.) 



of the mound, was an object, probably an ornament, of highly polished greenish 

 stone, possibly Serpentine. Its length is 2-7 inches; its maximum width u of an 



