Journal of the Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia . Fig. 20. Sinker or pen-dent ornament, Tick Is-land. (Full size.) Fig. 19. Stone implement, Tick Island. (Full size.) smallest being roughened on three sides. In caved sand from the upper layer wasa celt 5-5 inches in length. The majority of these implements were of a rudertype, less smooth, with cutting edge less truly ground than specimens from manymounds of the river. On the shell base was found an implement of polished stone somewhat resem-bling a hammer, rounded and roughened at either end (Fig. 19). This style of implement, the
Journal of the Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia . Fig. 20. Sinker or pen-dent ornament, Tick Is-land. (Full size.) Fig. 19. Stone implement, Tick Island. (Full size.) smallest being roughened on three sides. In caved sand from the upper layer wasa celt 5-5 inches in length. The majority of these implements were of a rudertype, less smooth, with cutting edge less truly ground than specimens from manymounds of the river. On the shell base was found an implement of polished stone somewhat resem-bling a hammer, rounded and roughened at either end (Fig. 19). This style of implement, the common type of the pueblos, has not been metwith elsewhere by us in the river mounds. Near by lay two polished celts, one in a fragmentary condition. THE ST. JOHNS RIVER, FLORIDA. 151 On the base, in association with human remains, as in fact were all relics fromthe bottom of the mound, was a highly polished and carefully made sinker orpendent ornament, rimmed at either end for suspension, having a length of about2*5 inches and a maximum diameter of T3 inc
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