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From a depth of 5 feet came a pendant of a sedimentary rock approaching 

 Agalmatolite, somewhat similar in shape to the preceding. The lower portion is 

 missing. Its length is 3.5 inches; its maximum diameter, .8 of one inch (Fig. 76). 



A pendent ornament of sedimentary rock, elliptical in outline, flattened on 



Fig. 78. — Pendant of igneous rock. 

 Gamble mound. (Full size.) 



Fig. 76. — Pendent ornament, 

 mound. (Full size.) 



Gamble 



Fig. 77. — Pendent ornament. Gamble 

 mound. (Full size.) 



one side, with a small portion missing above the groove, has a length of 2.3 inches 

 with a maximum diameter of .6 of one inch (Fig. 77). 



A pear-shaped pendant of some igneous rock, with a length of 1.9 inches and 

 a maximum thickness of 1 inch, came from a depth of 3.5 feet. This specimen also 

 has bitumen adhering to the upper portion. A part of one side is missing (Fig. 78). 



On the base, in a pocket of fire-whitened sand, was an ovoid pendant of lime- 

 stone, unfortunately somewhat injured by contact with a spade. Length, 2 inches ; 

 maximum width, 1.4 inches. 



So far as careful search would indicate, none of these pendants were associated 

 with human remains, though it is of course possible that all traces of the former 

 presence of bones may have disappeared. It is worthy of note that the inhumation 

 of pendants seemed to prevail in this mound, and that these pendants were uni- 

 formly grooved for suspension, bitumen, upon certain occasions at least, having been 

 used to aid in attaching the cord or sinew. We shall see later how, in the mound 

 at Tavares, the pendants, as a rule, had perforation, in which case the use of bitu- 

 men would be needless, and it was apparently not employed. 



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