520 CERTAIN SAND MOUNDS OF THE OCKLAWAHA RIVER, FLORIDA. 



About one mile north of the landing at Ditch Creek was a mound 4 feet 9 

 inches in height and 60 feet through the base. It was much spread out, probably 

 by trampling of cattle and bore marks of previous superficial investigation. 



It was completely dug through with the kind permission of J. J. Cummings, 

 Esq., of Beaufort, S. C. 



Bunched burials were comparatively numerous, and all or nearly all within 1 

 or 2 feet of the surface, though, of course, at greater depth when the height of the 

 mound was unimpaired. With one burial were charred turtle bones, while with 

 several were associated calcined fragments of human remains. 



About 2 feet down, not far from the center of the mound, was a considerable 

 mass of calcined fragments of human bones mixed with those of lower animals in 

 similar condition. These apparently were not in proximity to any interment. 



Throughout the mound were sherds of fairly good quality for Florida, some 

 decorated with red pigment, others with incised lines, etc. 



With the exception of the sherds and of a rude and somewhat fragmentary 

 cutting implement chipped from chert, no relics were met with. 



Mounds near Palmetto Landing, Marion County. 



Palmetto Landing on the Ocklawaha River is said to be about seventy-seven 

 miles by water from the river's mouth. About one mile in an easterly direction 

 from the landing were five mounds at no great distance apart, while about one-half 

 mile and one mile respectively farther in the same direction were two others. 



Nearest the landing were two symmetrical mounds with base margins almost 

 in contact at one point. The northernmost had a height of about 5 feet with a 

 base diameter of about 52 feet ; the southernmost, a height of 6 feet 3 inches and 

 a diameter of base of 57 feet. 



These mounds were completely demolished. 



They consisted of coarse yellow sand, unstratified and almost, if not entirely, 

 devoid of the usual intermingled charcoal. 



No human remains nor indications of burial nor, with one exception, sherds of 

 any description were encountered. 



A number of cores and chippings, of chert with two rude chipped cutting 

 implements of the same material, lay loose in the sand. No other relics of any 

 sort were found. 



Fifty-five paces in an easterly direction from the northernmost of the twin 

 mounds was another, with a height of 4 feet 4 inches and 48 feet across the base. 

 The entire central portion of this mound was dug out with no return. 



Eighty-five paces northeast of the preceding mound was another, 4 feet 3 inches 

 high with a diameter of base of 55 feet. Absolutely nothing was obtained from 

 this mound. 



About 20 paces farther was a fifth mound 3.5 feet high. The base had a 

 diameter of 53 feet. Again careful investigation was absolutely unrewarded. 



