498 CERTAIN RIVER MOUNDS OF DUVAL COUNTY, FLORIDA. 



perforation. The material is of sedimentary origin, composed mainly of iron 

 pyrites. Length, 1.3 inches; breadth, 1.2 inches (Fig. 51). 



Apparently unassociated was a mass of somewhat deteriorated Hematite, about 

 the size of a clenched hand. 



A small fragment of sheet copper lay with human remains. 



Near an isolated lower jaw were three small ornaments of sheet copper, of 



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Fig. 51. — Gorget. Larger mound near Eeddie Point. (Full size.) 



Fig. 52. — Ornament of sheet copper. 

 Larger mound near Keddie 

 Point. (Full size.) 



about the same size, oblong with rounded corners (Fig. 52) and a portion of 

 another. At the end on one side of each of the three unbroken ones was a flat 

 circular deposit of bitumen, used for purposes of attachment. 



About 25 yards east of this mound was another with a height of about 1.5 feet 

 and a diameter of base of 60 feet. 



It was completely dug through. 



No copper was present in this mound. In other respects it resembled many 

 mounds of the neighborhood as to deposits of mica, pebble hammers, arrowheads 

 and the like. 



Mound at Daniel's Landing. 



This mound, about one-quarter of a mile in a northerly direction from the 

 landing, had long been under cultivation, and had previously been dug into to a 

 considerable extent. 



Its height was 2.5 feet ; its diameter of base, 60 feet. It was virtually 

 demolished. 



The usual fragments of shell, mica, etc., were present with fragmentary human 

 remains. 



Low Mounds at Alicia. 



On the property of John G. Driggs, Esq., of Jacksonville, to whom our thanks 

 are tendered for permission to investigate, at Alicia, about 400 yards in from the 

 landing, were four low mounds. 



Mound A. Height, 3.5 feet; diameter of base, 45 feet. This mound was 

 about two-thirds demolished by us, human remains in small fragments being 

 encountered at three points. Near the center was a mass of sandstone pitted on 

 either side, weighing about ten pounds. Nothing else of interest was encountered. 



