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side of the base by which 

 it was doubtless fastened 

 to the shaft. One would 

 hardly expect a weapon 

 of copper of this thick- 

 ness to be of much effect 

 against any but unpro- 

 tected bodies. Highly 

 jDolished, it would have 

 an attractive appearance 

 and may have been used 

 for ceremonial purposes 

 (Fig. 24). 



With one burial were 

 two shell beads each 

 about .75 of one inch in 

 length. 



Several vessels of 

 medium size and uninter- 

 esting as to type, were 

 taken f r o m various 

 depths, as were a num- 

 ber of pebbles, always 

 several together. 



REMARKS. 



It may be well to note 

 here that pebbles which 

 seem of so little value to 

 us, and whose presence 

 in these low mounds 

 must strike many of our 

 readers as curious, were 

 to be had in this section 

 of Florida by importa- 

 tion alone, and were 

 distinctly of value either 

 for use as small hammers 

 or as raw material for 

 the manufacture of pen- 

 dants and the like. 



Fig. 24.— Lance-head of copper. Monroe mound. (Full size. 



Nothing discovered in the Monroe mound points to an origin other than aboriginal. 



