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CERTAIN SHELL HEAPS OF THE ST. JOHN’S RIVER 
FLORIDA, HITHERTO UNEXPLORED. 
By CLARENCE B. MOORE. 
(Continued from January Number, 1893.) 
(Second Paper.) 
West end of ridge on summit, 7x4x7} feet deep. Ata 
depth of 1 foot 6 inches, an arrow-head with bones of lower 
edible animals, was found. Two feet down were fragments of 
turtle shell, and a half a foot lower, a fragment of a bone awl 
was met with. At 5 feet, 6 inches, from the surface was a well 
defined fire-place, with bones of the turtle. The shells are 
almost exclusively Paludine, with occasional Unionide# and few 
Ampullariz. . 
EXCAVATION II. 
North-east side of mound about ten feet vertically from the 
base. Besides the usual fire-places and bones of edible animals, 
a fragment of a Fulgur was found at a depth of four feet. 
EXCAVATION III. 
On summit near center of ridge, 9x9x11 feet deep. No 
clearly marked strata were met with, the excavation being ~ 
carried through shell with a considerable percentage of broken 
shell and sand. The following objects were found ;—flint flake 
at a depth of 6 inches; fragment of bone awl 1 foot down; 
small pendant ornament of shell 1} feet from surface, (Fig. 4) 
Fic. 4. Size, }. 
