202 CERTAIN SAND MOUNDS OF 



Five feet from the surface, in sand rendered bright cherry by admixture of 

 Hematite, with fragmentary human remains and large numbers of small shell beads, 

 were three tubular beads of thin sheet copper, with overlapping edges. Of these, 

 the two largest were each one inch in length with a diameter of '3 of an inch; the 

 smallest, about one-half these dimensions. 



In another portion of the mound, 5 feet from the surface, was one tubular bead 

 of copper, similar to the largest above described. 



In caved sand was an oblong sheet of copper 3"7 by 2'6 inches, with a central 

 oval boss having the usual perforation for attachment or suspension. At the three 

 remaining corners was repotisse decoration as shown in Fig. 71, which, by the way, 

 correct in other respects, is too long by • 3 of an inch. 



Seven feet below the surface, apparently unassociated, was a large oval bead 

 of sheet copper about 2 2 inches in length, with a maximum diameter of 1"2 inches 

 (Fig. 72). This bead, almost similar in shape and size to that described as coming 



Fig. 72. Bead of sheet copper, Grant Mound. (Full size.) 



from Mt. Royal, differed in that the edges met without overlapping. Like the Mt. 

 Royal specimen it was made of a single sheet of copper hammered over, differing 

 from Ohio specimens, which, as we have stated, are made of two sections fitted 

 together. 



EARTHENWARE. 



Sherds were comparatively of infrequent occurrence and were almost univer- 

 sally undecorated or stamped in squares. 



Five feet from the surface, in a pocket of gray sand and charcoal, was a tureen- 

 shaped vessel of earthenware, 5 inches long, 3 inches broad, and about 1*3 inches 

 in height. Through the bottom a small hole had been knocked subsequent to 

 baking. 



At a depth of five feet, in another portion of the mound, was a curious object 

 of earthenware. The body, from which the base had been intentionally omitted 

 in manufacture, resembles in shape an inverted truncated cone. The laterally 

 projecting rim, including aperture, has a maximum diameter of 4 - 7 inches. The 

 maximum diameter of the body is about 2 - 5 inches, its base diameter about one inch 

 less (Plate XXXIII, Fig. 3). We found in Mt. Royal an object of earthenware 

 similar to this in size and shape. 



