Journal of the Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia . ller disc was found loose in the sand. Two shell pins, the larger 5 inches in length, lay together, near humanremains, feet from the surface. Two others, somewhat smaller, also withskeletal remains, were about 2 feet down. A fifth pin was recovered loose in thesand. These pins were all of types previously figuredby Mr. Holmes in his exhaustive Art in Shell, byothers, and by ourselves in our account of the moundat East Palatka, Putnam County. An interesting ornament, as shown in Fig. 62,was probably cut from the lip of the great m
Journal of the Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia . ller disc was found loose in the sand. Two shell pins, the larger 5 inches in length, lay together, near humanremains, feet from the surface. Two others, somewhat smaller, also withskeletal remains, were about 2 feet down. A fifth pin was recovered loose in thesand. These pins were all of types previously figuredby Mr. Holmes in his exhaustive Art in Shell, byothers, and by ourselves in our account of the moundat East Palatka, Putnam County. An interesting ornament, as shown in Fig. 62,was probably cut from the lip of the great marineStrombus. Its length is a little less than 2 inches;its breadth, about inches. It had evidentlyformed a central ornament in a string of little shells{Olivelld) longitudinally perforated, as one of thesestill lay in its perforation. With a layer of human bones, 8 feet down,were four chisels of shell, probably cut from the lipof Strombus, approximately from 2 inches to 4 inches in length,two stone celts and a columella of some large marine Fig. 62.—Ornament of shell. Northern-most mound, Murphy Island. (Full size.) With them wereThese columellas, as we have pointed out elsewhere, were probably removed from the shell forshipment, to be manufactured into beads and ornaments. Several other chisels of shell were found variously associated. STONE. During the demolition of the mound, sixty-six hatchets, or celts, of smoothor polished stone, from about 2 inches to 12 inches in length, were taken from themound. These hatchets—mainly of igneous rock—presenting no points of differ-ence from other mound specimens, were not separately determined as to material. A cutting implement of chipped chert, about 3 inches by 6 inches, flat on oneside, lay 3 feet from the surface with human remains and several pebbles. A pitted hammerstone, about inches by 4 inches, was apparently un-associated. Mica was found in but three places. Twenty-six arrow and lance points of cher
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