462 CERTAIN RIVER MOUNDS OF DUVAL COUNTY, FLORIDA. 



as coming from the smaller mound at Thornliill Lake, Volusia County, was found 

 at a depth of one foot, where it lay with two arrowheads. The material is of dark 



Fig. 13. — Gorget of schistose rock. Shields mound. 

 (Full size.) 



chocolate claystone beautifully banded. Height, two inches ; breadth, about 2.5 

 inches; maximum thickness, about .7 of one inch. 



Fig. 14.—" Banner stone" of soft claystone. Shields mound. (Full size.) 



Another graceful ornament of a schistose rock of slaty texture, lay at a depth 

 of three feet, with human remains. It is doubly perforated and has many notches 



at either end. Length, 4.5 inches; 

 breadth, 1.7 inches; thickness, .4 of 

 one inch (Fig. 13). 



Four feet from the surface, with 

 the small earthenware pipe already fig- 

 ured and two arrowheads, was a " ban- 

 ner stone," probably of soft claystone, 

 shown in Fig. 14. Breadth, about 3.4 

 inches; height, 1.7 inches; maximum 



Fig. 15.— Boat-shaped pendant. Shields mound. (Full size.) thickness, .J ot One llicll. 



A curious little boat-shaped pen- 

 dant, presumably of soft claystone, of a form new to us, was found with human 

 remains and numerous shell beads, three feet from the surface. A perforation at 



