Ufficiale dell'Accademia di Scienze Naturali di Filadelfia . ddyed con ematite rosso, 4 piedi dalla superficie, sono stati : undici conchs {FuIgur carted);numerose conchiglie di sale-acqua di cozze; molte sezioni di columella di marine uni-valvole ; molti piccoli frammenti di pietra. A margine, circa 3 piedi giù, era una tasca di colore ciliegio sandleading ad una massa di pigmento carminio, seguita, sullo stesso piano, per mezzo di una giunzione ofcherry sabbia, circa 1 piedi di lunghezza, di collegamento con un'altra massa di pigmento. 490 CEKTAIN EIVER CUMULI DI DUVAL County, Florida. Non resti umani sono stati scoperti in associazione, né sono state

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Journal of the Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia . ddyed with red Hematite, 4 feet from the surface, were : eleven conchs {FuIgur carted);numerous shells of salt-water mussels; many sections of columella of marine uni-valves ; several small bits of stone. In the margin, about 3 feet down, was a pocket of cherry colored sandleading to a mass of crimson pigment, followed, on the same plane, by a seam ofcherry sand, about 1 foot in length, connecting with another mass of pigment. 490 CEKTAIN EIVER MOUNDS OF DUVAL COUNTY, FLORIDA. No human remains were discovered in association, nor were there apparently anyfarther traces of skeletal remains in any other portion of the mound. Mound E. Five feet eight inches in height; major and minor axes 91 feetand 78 feet respectively. This mound was dug through with great care at a1 level considerably belowthat of the surrounding territory. At but four points in the mound were skeletal remains encountered. Allinterments were of the bunched variety, in no case representing the full comple-ment of bones.. Fig. 45.—Sherd showing pinched decoration. Lowmounds south of Grant mound. Mound E. (Full size.) Fig. 44.—Sherd with complicated stamped decoration. Low mounds south ofGrant mound. Mound E. (Full size.) The mound was literally filled with earthenware—whole vessels, fragmentaryones, and sherds. Many sherds bore complicated stamps, one of which we showin Fig. 44. Another had a pinched decoration (Fig. 45). With an isolated cranium, 2 feet 8 inches from the surface, lay a piercingimplement of bone, badly decayed, with a number of large fresh-water mussel shells CERTAIN RIVER MOUNDS OF DUVAL COUNTY, FLORIDA. 491 {Unio Jayamis. Lea), pierced through the impression of the anterior adductormuscle, to enable them to be worn strung as a necklace. These large shells withthe nacreous portion in evidence, must have made an effective showing. In addi-tion, were portions of columella? of marine univalves and a vessel of earthenware.

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