Journal of the Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia . Fig. 50.—Sheet of mica given the outline of a lance point. Largermound near Reddie Point. (Full size.) 498 CERTAIN RIVER MOUNDS OF DUVAL COUNTY, FLORIDA. perforation. The material is of sedimentary origin, composed mainly of ironpyrites. Length, inches; breadth, inches (Fig. 51). Apparently unassociated was a mass of somewhat deteriorated Hematite, aboutthe size of a clenched hand. A small fragment of sheet copper lay with human remains. Near an isolated lower jaw were three small ornaments of sheet copper, of ill. Fig. 51.—G
Journal of the Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia . Fig. 50.—Sheet of mica given the outline of a lance point. Largermound near Reddie Point. (Full size.) 498 CERTAIN RIVER MOUNDS OF DUVAL COUNTY, FLORIDA. perforation. The material is of sedimentary origin, composed mainly of ironpyrites. Length, inches; breadth, inches (Fig. 51). Apparently unassociated was a mass of somewhat deteriorated Hematite, aboutthe size of a clenched hand. A small fragment of sheet copper lay with human remains. Near an isolated lower jaw were three small ornaments of sheet copper, of ill. Fig. 51.—Gorget. Larger mound near Eeddie Point. (Full size.) Fig. 52.—Ornament of sheet mound near KeddiePoint. (Full size.) about the same size, oblong with rounded corners (Fig. 52) and a portion ofanother. At the end on one side of each of the three unbroken ones was a flatcircular deposit of bitumen, used for purposes of attachment. About 25 yards east of this mound was another with a height of about feetand a diameter of base of 60 feet. It was completely dug through. No copper was present in this mound. In other respects it resembled manymounds of the neighborhood as to deposits of mica, pebble hammers, arrowheadsand the like. Mound at Daniels Landing. This mound, about one-quarter of a mile in a northerly direction from thelanding, had long been under cultivation, and had previously been dug into to aconsiderable extent. Its height was feet; its diameter of base, 60 feet. It was virtuallydemolished. The usual fragments of shell, mica, etc., were prese
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