CERTAIN SAND MOUNDS OF THE OCKLAWAHA RIVER, FLORIDA. 533 



REMARKS. 



The amount of previous investigation sustained by this mound renders accurate 

 conclusions impossible. 



Mound near Umatilla, Lake County. 



This mound, about two and one-half miles west of Umatilla, lay in the grove 

 of Mr. R. McS. Byrnes. Mr. J. F. Holton, superintendent of the grove, kindly 

 consented to the investigation. The mound had long been under cultivation, and 

 was evidently much reduced in height. It had, moreover, sustained much pre- 



Fig. 80. — Pendant of shell with anteroposterior Fig. 81. — Pendant of shell. Mound near Umatilla, 

 section. Mound near Umatilla. (Full size.) (Full size.) 



vious examination with a reported yield of numerous objects of interest. Its 

 height was 4 feet; its basal diameter, 46 feet. It was completely dug through. 



No stratification was apparent, yellow sand with the usual admixture of char- 

 coal composing the mound. Occasional fire-places were scattered throughout. 

 Scattering pockets of white sand and numerous streaks and pockets of sand, pink 

 from the use of the red oxide of iron, were present. 



Human remains in the usual bunched form of burial were abundant. 



From depths indicating original deposit came : one small bowl of earthenware, 

 imperforate as to base, with single perforation for suspension on either side below 

 the margin and with punctate and incised linear decoration, as shown in Plate 

 LXXXVI, Fig. 3 (height, 2.3 inches ; maximum diameter, 2.4 inches) ; a small, 



