CERTAIN RIVER MOUNDS OF DUVAL COUNTY, FLORIDA. 497 



Low Mounds near Reddie Point. 



About one-quarter of a mile in from the landing at Reddie Point were two 



low mounds on the property of 

 Dr. Anita Tyng. 



The larger mound had a base 

 diameter of 80 feet. The terri- 

 tory is reported to have been in 

 use for years as a cotton field, 

 and the mound had been virtu- 

 ally leveled. At three points 

 near the margin were deep de- 

 pressions from which the material 

 had been taken. The mound 

 was dug through at a depth vary- 

 ing from 4 feet to 6 feet below 

 the surface. It was composed of 

 yellowish sand, unstratified, with 

 the usual charcoal and fire places. 

 Human remains, infrequently 

 met with and fragmentary, were 

 found so far down as 4 feet. 



Earthenware was repre- 

 sented by several vessels of ordi- 

 nary type and size, undecorated 

 and of poor quality. All showed 

 portions missing from the base 

 through intentional fracture. 

 Other pots had important por- 

 tions missing, and evidently had 

 been utilized for mortuary pur- 

 poses. 



Sherds were mainly undeco- 

 rated, some, however, bearing an 

 intricate stamped design (Plate 

 LXXIX, Fig. 3). 



Two " celts " and two arrow- 

 heads were found separately, and numbers of pebbles and pebble hammers variously 

 associated. Mica was in comparative abundance. One sheet had been rudely 

 given the outline of a lance point (Fig. 50). 



Four feet from the surface, with human remains and shell beads, some over 

 one inch in length, was a neatly made ornament elliptical in shape, with central 



Fig. 50. — Sheet of mica given the outline of a lance point. Larger 

 mound near Reddie Point. (Full size.) 



