464 CERTAIN RIVER MOUNDS OF DUYAL COUNTY, FLORIDA. 



Miscellaneous. — Two and one-half .feet from the surface, in a mass of crimson 

 pigment, with human remains, was a double pointed implement — possibly a weapon 

 — of chipped chert, about seven inches in length with a maximum thickness of .8 

 of one inch. The section is triangular. The cut fails clearly to represent the two 

 sides of the triangle. This type, so far as our experience extends, has not heretofore 

 been discovered in Florida mounds (Fig. 17). 



Together, with human remains, 1.5 feet from the surface, were: a leaf-shaped 

 implement of chipped chert, one end unfortunately missing, with a length of 5.5 

 inches, and a maximum thickness of about .4 of one inch ; a portion of a dagger 



or lance head about 4.5 inches in length, probably of crystaline 

 sandstone ; a sandstone hone, and a part of the lower jaw of 

 a bear. 



One implement of chert was rudely chipped to serve as a 

 hammer. 



One bit of sandstone, about the size of half of a closed 

 hand, had a considerable cavity worked for some unknown 

 purpose. 



Two cylindrical beads of undetermined rock were found 

 together, while from another portion of the mound came a 

 part of what had been a beautiful bead or small pendant of 

 red jasper, oblong with rounded corners. 



Three small cubes of galena came from various depths. 

 Throughout that portion of the mound beneath the sum- 

 mit plateau were broken arrowheads, chips and spalls of chert, 

 bits of sandstone and quartz pebbles, found singly. 



But one or two small sheets of mica Arere encountered. 



BONE. 



Bone pins in considerable number were present in the 

 Shields mound, often six or more with one interment. Their 

 condition, as a rule, was fragmentary, none being so well pre- 

 served or so artistically carved as those we have figured in 

 another report as coming from the Tick Island mound, 

 Volusia County, Florida. Some show certain attempts at 

 decoration (Figs. 18 and 19), while others have rudely 

 carved heads. In other cases a shank projecting from the 

 upper end shows traces of bitumen, indicating the former 

 presence of a head of some perishable material, probably 

 wood. 



In close proximity to human remains was a section 1 of 

 a leg of a turkey — doubtless a wild turkey, though determi- 

 nation is impossible — with the core of a spur. It is not 



1 Tarso-Metatarsal. 



Fig. 18. Fig. 19. 



Portions of bone pins. 



Shields mound. 



(Full size.) 



