. Transactions of the Anthropological Society of Washington . Fig- 3-. Fig. gorgets with serpent design from a mound at Sevierville, Tennessee. The saucer-like disks are almost circular, the upper edge beingmostly somewhat straightened, the result of the natural limit of thebody of the shell above. All are ground down to a fairly uniformthickness of from one-eighth to one-fourth of an inch. The edgesare evenly rounded and smooth. Two small holes for suspension ANTHROPOLOGICAL SOCIETY. 105 occur near the rim of the straighter edge, and generally on or nearthe outline of the engraved des
. Transactions of the Anthropological Society of Washington . Fig- 3-. Fig. gorgets with serpent design from a mound at Sevierville, Tennessee. The saucer-like disks are almost circular, the upper edge beingmostly somewhat straightened, the result of the natural limit of thebody of the shell above. All are ground down to a fairly uniformthickness of from one-eighth to one-fourth of an inch. The edgesare evenly rounded and smooth. Two small holes for suspension ANTHROPOLOGICAL SOCIETY. 105 occur near the rim of the straighter edge, and generally on or nearthe outline of the engraved design, which covers the middle portionof the plate. The diameter ranges from one to six inches. To one who examines this design for the first time it seems amost inexplicable puzzle—a meaningless grouping of curved andstraight lines, dots, and perforations. We soon notice, however, aremarkable similarity in the designs, the idea being radically thesame in all specimens, and the conclusion is reached that there isnothing haphazard in the arrangement of the parts, and
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