534 CERTAIN SAND MOUNDS OF THE OCKLAWAHA RIVER, FLORIDA. 



rude, undecorated, oblong vessel with rounded corners and perforation of base sub- 

 sequent to completion ; separately three arrow heads, thin and carefully made ; 

 two shell pendants, one wrought from the lip of the great marine univalve, Strombus 

 gigas (Fig. 80), the other, diamond shaped, from the body whorl of the conch 

 {Fulg7ir) (Fig. 81) j a number of shell beads with human remains. 



EEMARKS. 



Nothing from this mound gave evidence of other than aboriginal art. 



Mound near Fort Mason, Lake County. 



About one mile northwest of Fort Mason, just south of Lake Yale, on the 

 property of Mr. G. D. Jackson, was a mound 50 feet in diameter of base and 2 feet 

 in height, though considerable depressions from which material had been taken 

 gave the mound the appearance of greater altitude. 



The mound was completely demolished, the excavation being carried to a level 

 considerably lower than that of the surrounding territory. Mr. W. J. Gladwell, 

 manager of the property, to whom, in the absence of the owner, we are indebted 

 for permission to dig, informed us that the land containing the mound had been 

 cleared by him two years previously, and that subsequent cultivation had lessened 

 the height of the mound by about one foot. 



Unlike other mounds demolished by us on the Ocklawaha, the method of 

 burial in this mound was in anatomical order in various forms of flexion. In all, 

 fifteen skeletons were encountered, in such condition, however, that no crania were 

 preserved. In the majority of cases, skeletons lay from 1 foot to 18 inches beneath 

 the surface. 



Sherds were fairly numerous, but not in association with human remains. 

 They lay loose in the sand, and were probably gathered with it from the surface 

 during the formation of the mound. The majority were undecorated ; the square 

 stamp appeared upon one or two occasions, and once a punctate decoration. 



With one burial was an iron spike ; with another, an iron or steel hunting 

 knife 9 inches in length, including the projection for the handle, no other trace of 

 which remained. Both knife and spike were badly affected by rust. 



Three skeletons had each one polished stone "celt" in association. Another 

 "celt" lay loose in the sand. 



With a skeleton, in contact with the lower jaw and cervical vertebrce, were : 

 beads of shell and numerous minute shells {O/ivella) longitudinally perforated for 

 use as beads ; a carbonized ball about 1 inch in diameter, of bark or some kindred 

 material many times rolled upon itself; a tubular bead of sheet silver with over- 

 lapping edges, 1.3 inches in length and .3 of one inch in diameter, and a tubular 

 bead of sheet copper 2 inches in length and .25 of one inch in diameter. Whether 

 this copper bead was wrought from metal obtained from the Whites or was a 



