CERTAIN RIVER MOUNDS OF DUVAL COUNTY, FLORIDA. 489 



of two skeletons. In addition, two bones were found separately. All skeletal 

 remains, and, with trifling exceptions, all artifacts were deposited near the margin. 



In the southern margin, about 1 foot below the surface, was a small vase, 

 imperforate as to the base, with interesting decoration as shown in Plate LXXV, 

 Fig. 4. A portion of the rim is wanting. This vase was apparently unassociated 

 with human remains. 



Two feet down in the S. S. W. margin, unassociated with human remains, 

 were two bowls, each of about three quarts capacity. The material is inferior. 

 Traces of red pigment are visible exteriorly. 



With a bunched burial in the southern margin, 3.5 feet from the surface, were : 

 one pebble-hammer; one rounded mass of stone about 2.75 inches in diameter, 

 flattened on one side and slightly pitted at places ; one columella of a large marine 

 univalve, considerably affected by decay." 



A polished stone "celt" lay 3.5 feet from the surface, about 1 foot above a 

 bunched burial. 



With no human remains in association, or, at least, with none remaining, 



4 feet from the surface, were: one small "celt"; one slab of bituminous slate, 



5 inches by 6.25 inches by .75 of one inch, rudely cut in the form of a keystone; 

 three sheets of mica. 



One and one-half feet down was a bowl with inverted brim, of about one 

 quart capacity, bearing traces of red pigment. Immediately beneath were : three 

 incomplete arrow-heads ; a portion of another ; ten fragments of chert and of 

 sandstone, showing workmanship to a certain extent. No human remains were 

 encountered near these relics. 



Several other vessels of ordinary type, crushed by weight of sand, were met 

 with in the mound and numerous sherds of good material, with the complicated 

 stamp of Georgia and of Carolina, lay loose in the sand. This intricate stamped 

 decoration is not met with on the St. Johns River farther south than Dunn's Creek, 

 ten miles above Palatka. 



Mound B. Height, 2 feet ; diameter of base, 28 feet. With the exception 

 of one fire place, no evidence of human origin was encountered. 



Mound C Height, 3 feet ; diameter of base, 30 feet. One small sherd alone 

 was recovered from this mound. 



Mound D. Height, 3 feet 4 inches ; major and minor axes respectively 36 

 feet and 17 feet. 



Together, toward the center, with a few fragments of human remains, in sand 

 dyed with red Hematite, 4 feet from the surface, were : eleven conchs {Fu Igur carted) ; 

 numerous shells of salt-water mussels; many sections of columella of marine uni- 

 valves ; several small bits of stone. 



In the margin, about 3 feet down, was a pocket of cherry colored sand 

 leading to a mass of crimson pigment, followed, on the same plane, by a seam of 

 cherry sand, about 1 foot in length, connecting with another mass of pigment. 



