Journal of the Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia . feet from the surface, near fragmentary humanremains unaffected by fire, was a pocket containing aconsiderable number of bits of calcined human bones. A previous excavation in the summit plateau ofthis mound may have disturbed certain interments. STONE. In caved sand was a polished stone implement withcutting edge, about two inches square. It had proba-bly seen service in a handle as a chisel or scraper. Two feet from the surface, entirely unassociated,was a lance head of chert, 5 inches in length, of a pat-tern unknown on the St. Jo
Journal of the Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia . feet from the surface, near fragmentary humanremains unaffected by fire, was a pocket containing aconsiderable number of bits of calcined human bones. A previous excavation in the summit plateau ofthis mound may have disturbed certain interments. STONE. In caved sand was a polished stone implement withcutting edge, about two inches square. It had proba-bly seen service in a handle as a chisel or scraper. Two feet from the surface, entirely unassociated,was a lance head of chert, 5 inches in length, of a pat-tern unknown on the St. Johns, or, so far as we canlearn, elsewhere. Above the tang, extending 75 of aninch, is a straight edge on either side. Above, well-worked serration extends 15 inches to where theweapon begins to taper sharply to a point (Fig. 52). Four feet from the surface was a small sheet of mica. EARTHENWARE. „ „ , The sherds of this mound, while not numerous, Fig. o2. Lance point of chert, . Racey Point. (Full size.) were interesting. Few were stamped. Some of good. 1 Asphaltum in 1893, by Clifford Richardson and E. W. Parker. THE ST. JOHNS RIVER, FLORIDA. 183 material were colored with red pigment, while several bore new designs, one appa-rently representing the stem of a plant with leaves, the whole surrounded bynumerous indentations. In this mound was remarked for the first time in comparatively many sherds
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