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In many places in the mound mere traces of the copper remained and at times 

 a discoloration of bones or of beads was the only evidence of the former presence 

 of the metal. 



Upon a number of occasions a single bead of sheet copper, not over one-third 

 of an inch in length, lay with many beads of shell, showing the scarcity of the 

 material. 



As in other mounds no two ornaments of sheet copper were alike, and the 

 sheets were slightly irregular in length, in breadth, and in thickness. 



What we have before noted, namely, the almost entire absence of copper 

 implements of any sort in Florida, 1 wa^ emphasized in the Grant mound, where no 



object of that character was present 

 save pins or piercing implements 

 and even these may have done duty 

 in the hair. 



As in other mounds, the copper 

 of the Grant mound was at times 

 wrapped in' bark or in vegetable 

 fabric, a custom, as we have before 

 stated, prevailing in other parts of 

 the United States and in Canada, 

 and, curiously enough, the occur- 

 rence of the same custom is noted 

 in England, where, upon one occa- 

 sion at least, prehistoric bronze was 

 wrapped in linen. 2 



In addition to a considerable 

 number of sheet copper ornaments, 

 in a fragmentary condition, nine of 

 the usual type consisting of re- 

 pousse bosses and beaded lines were 

 recovered entire, or nearly so, from 

 the Grant mound, two of which we 

 show, full size, in Figs. 36 and 37. 

 One ellipsoidal bead of sheet copper, of the same shape though somewhat 

 smaller than the one recovered during the previous investigation of the mound and 

 figured 3 in Part II, came, with human remains, from the western slope of the 

 mound. In addition, four beads of the same material, though more elongated in 

 shape, were met with, the largest being 2.75 inches in length with a maximum 



1 From the interesting "Notes on Primitive Man in Ontario," by David Boyle, we learn that 

 the reverse of this is true in Ontario where such specimens of copper as are found are almost invariably 

 tools or weapons. 



* Cited by Clodd. " The Story of Primitive Man," page 165. 



3 Op. cii 



Fig. 34. — Pendant ornament. 

 Grant mound. (Full size.) 



Fig. 35. — Fragment of bone pin. 

 Grant monnd. (Full size.) 



