Expeditions organized or participated in by the Smithsonian . IlG. 93.—Sectional view of lire-pit 10 feet in length, showing indurated ash. vase of painted ])ottery, the only i)iece of painted ware, whole or frag-mentary, found in the entire mound. The occurrence of this type ofvessel and the presence of the stone graves at the bottom of themound suggest the possible occupancy of the site by Indians beforethe settlement of the Cherokee in the Nacoochee Valley. Perhaps the most remarkable feature of the mound was the largenumber of smoking pipes of pottery, mostly broken, but in m
Expeditions organized or participated in by the Smithsonian . IlG. 93.—Sectional view of lire-pit 10 feet in length, showing indurated ash. vase of painted ])ottery, the only i)iece of painted ware, whole or frag-mentary, found in the entire mound. The occurrence of this type ofvessel and the presence of the stone graves at the bottom of themound suggest the possible occupancy of the site by Indians beforethe settlement of the Cherokee in the Nacoochee Valley. Perhaps the most remarkable feature of the mound was the largenumber of smoking pipes of pottery, mostly broken, but in manyforms and of varying degrees of workmanship. Some of the pipesare of excellent texture and are highly ornamented with conven-tionalized figures of birds, etc., or marked with incised designs. An-other feature of the mound was the great amount of broken potters-found, especially in the refuse at the base and covering the slopes. NO. 3 SMITHSONIAN EXPLORATIONS, I915 79. Fig. 94.— A flexed skeleton in the Nacoochee Mound, showing ornaments huried therewith.
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