536 CERTAIN SAND MOUNDS OF THE OCKLAWAHA RIVER, FLORIDA. 



apart. The larger one, the nearer to the lake, was completely dug through by 

 permission of the owner. Its height was 2 feet 5 inches ; its base diameter, 48 feet. 



The most careful search failed to reveal any trace of human remains. 



Loose throughout the sand were : numbers of chips and flakes, of chert ; two 

 bits of quartz ; a hone of sandstone with double groove, and several rude cutting 

 and piercing implements of chipped chert, whole and fragmentary. 



Mound near Tavares, Lake County. 



In the " scrub," about one mile southwest from the town of Tavares, the 

 county seat of Lake, was a mound about 5 feet in height and about 50 feet across 

 the base. It had sustained considerable previous investigation. It was completely 

 dug down by us. 



Its composition was peculiar. The northern portion, unstratified, was of pure 

 white sand, while the section to the south was made up of sand of a brownish 

 yellow color. The usual charcoal and fire-places were present. 



Bunched burials were in considerable numbers. The very fragmentary con- 

 dition of the bones rendered useless any attempt at preservation. 



No whole vessels were discovered nor any represented by a full complement 

 of fragments. Sherds were fairly numerous and at times indicative of large vessels. 

 Undecorated fragments and those adorned with red pigment predominated. One, 

 with somewhat striking ornamentation, is shown in Plate LXXXVI, Fig. 4. 



A portion of a small oblong dish with rounded corners had the somewhat 

 unusual addition of feet. 



No copper was met with in the mound but a portion of a human clavicle dyed 



a bright green indicated the former presence of the metal. 

 gglg^k Two and one-half feet from the surface, with human 



together, were a number of shell beads and four 



remains 



ellipsoidal objects shaped from columellae of marine univalves, 

 3 inches to 5 inches in length. Singly, in various portions of 

 the mound, were five similar objects of shell, two pear-shaped 

 pendants of like material, and two shell beads of considerable 

 size. 



A cube of galena, 1.4 inches by 1 inch by .7 of one inch, 

 apparently shows wear on one side. 



As in the case of the Gamble mound, the feature of the 

 mound near Tavares was pendent ornaments. 



A graceful ellipsoidal pendant of fine-grained, compact 



rock of igneous origin, 1.3 inches in length, is perforated at 



one end for suspension (Fig. 82). Another, of a compact 



crystalline igneous rock, Dolerite or Diorite, pear-shaped, has a rim for suspension. 



A small pendant of banded red jasper lay loose in the sand. 



Found separately, but from the same portion of the mound, were four pendent 



Fig. 82. — Pendant of igneous 

 rock. Mound near 

 Tavares. (Full size.) 



