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STONE. 



Eighteen inches from the surface was a chipped implement of chert, about 6-5 

 inches in length, pointed at one end, with a cutting edge at the other. We have 

 found nothing of this type previously in the river mounds (Fig. 68). 



A number of pebbles and eight arrow points were found separately and un as- 

 sociated at various depths. 



Five feet from the surface were twelve small chippings of chert with no other 

 object in association. 



Two small masses found together in this mound were chemically determined, 

 through the kindness of Dr. E. Goldsmith, to be " an intimate mixture of carbonate 

 and phosphate of calcium and some aluminous matter" — of common occurrence in 

 Florida. 



EARTHENWARE. 



' In caved sand, and therefore of undetermined depth, was a heart-shaped 

 earthenware vessel. Exteriorly and interiorly are traces of red coloring matter. 

 A portion of the margin shows chipping from pointed tools, as does the vessel next 

 to be described, and the great majority of sherds in this mound which, the reader 

 will recall, is the northernmost limit of the prevalence of this curious custom so 

 far as our observation extended. The height of this heart-shaped vessel is 15 

 inches; its maximum diameter about 2*5 inches. It was apparently unassociated 

 (Plate XXXI, Fig. 2). 



One and one-half feet from the surface was a small pot marked with red pig- 

 ment inside and out. Small handles or indications of them are on either side of 

 the aperture, the diameter of which is 2 by 2 - 5 inches. Height about 2 - 5 inches. 

 This vessel (Plate XXXI, Fig. 3) is of high specific gravity, and like all the whole 

 vessels, and most of the sherds, seems to be of gritty ware. 



Two and one-half feet down, lying bottom up, unassociated, was an undeco- 

 rated bowl, 4*5 inches in height and 105 inches maximum diameter. It was of 

 superior manufacture with carefully bevelled edge. An accidental blow from an 

 axe, causing a certain base mutilation, showed the material to contain small frag- 

 ments of chert (Plate XXXI, Fig. 4). 



In another portion of the mound was a small bowl un decorated and of poor 

 material. 



In caved sand was a neatly made vessel with six encircling parallel rows of 

 punctate decoration, extending laterally about two-thirds clown the body from the 

 aperture, which is contracted to a diameter of about 175 inches; maximum diam- 

 ter about 3 inches; height about 2-5 inches (Plate XXXIII, Fig. 2). 



Four and one-half feet from the surface were fragments of a large vessel with 

 stamped decoration of complex pattern resembling that of Georgia and of Caro- 

 lina. The rim is doubled over. The material is filled with fragments of chert, at 

 times the size of a pea. Fragments of this vessel were many feet apart, as though 

 strewn upon the mound in course of construction (Plate XXXIII, Fig. 1). 



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