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Sherds were fairly numerous, some of superior quality with lined decoration 

 artistically executed. Others of less excellent material were undecorated or bore 

 complicated stamped decoration of the type seen in neighboring low mounds (Plate 

 LXXII, Fig. 2). The common square stamp and diamond shaped stamp were 

 present but twice in the mound and then superficially. 



At a depth of 1.5 feet, apparently unassociated, was an undecorated bowl of 

 about three quarts capacity, with a perforation of base made subsequent to manu- 

 facture, which afterwards fell into pieces too small for restoration. 



At the same depth, in a different portion of the mound, was a vessel of heavy 

 ware of much better quality than usual. Its outline is elliptical. Small handles, 

 one of which is partly missing, extend horizontally from either end. On the rim, 

 which is .7 of one inch in breadth, and on the handles, is incised decoration. 

 Height, 2 inches; present length, 5.7 inches; width, 4.5 inches. The base shows 

 perforation after manufacture (Plate LXXIII, Fig. 1). 



With a burial about 1 foot from the surface, though no doubt at a greater 

 depth before long continued cultivation of the mound, were one polished hatchet 

 and a fragment of a marine shell. With these were great numbers of fragments 

 of various vesselsj though in no case was the entire vessel represented. 



About 1 foot down was a vessel with intricate stamped decoration, of about one 

 quart capacity. Its base was intact. No human remains were noticed in its 

 vicinity. 



Four feet from the surface, unassociated, was a mass of graphite about 2 inches 

 by 1.5 inches by 1 inch. One side was slightly pitted, the other deeply so. 



Apparently unassociated with human remains, 4 feet from the surface, 

 together, were : five arrow points of chert ; one flake of the same material, used as 

 a cutting instrument ; one sheet of mica, and four worked masses of sandstone and 

 of chert. One foot farther in, on the same plane, together, were : one pebble ; one 

 small mass of chert ; one bit of coquina ; two drinking cups wrought from Fulgur 

 perversum, with perforated bases, one within the other, containing a number of 

 marine mussel shells. With these lay an interesting little vessel, undecorated, 

 with three compartments intact save a small portion missing from the base of one. 

 The nature of this fracture would indicate the result of accident rather than an 

 intentional perforation of the base. Length, 5.8 inches ; maximum width, 3 inches ; 

 depth, 1 inch (Plate LXXIII, Fig. 2). 



Almost in the center of the bottom of the pit of which we have already made 

 mention, about 4 feet from the surface, were several decaying fragments of a 

 cranium and a portion of the shaft of a long bone. With these was a boss of sheet 

 copper with deep central indentation through the middle of which is a perforation 

 for attachment. On the outside a knot of the original cord still remains. With 

 this ornament was a lance head of copper, 7.6 inches in length, with a maximum 

 breadth of 1.8 inches. This interesting piece, unlike anything else in copper we 

 have seen in Florida, has almost a cutting edge at the sides with slightly increasing 

 thickness to a maximum of .1 of one inch in the middle. A notch is at either 



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