Journal of the Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia . fore, of the opinion that Catlinite was in use at aperiod earlier than has been supposed. In the central portion of the smaller mound were seven bodies in anatomicalorder. Upon the breasts of three, with shell beads, lay gorgets representing a formof the double-bladed axe, differing from that found in the larger mound. Two ofthese, about the same size, were of phosphate rock, much the worse for age; theother, probably a soft serpentine, also was in a crumbling condition from the lapseof time (Figs. 42 and 43). REMARKS. In certain res
Journal of the Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia . fore, of the opinion that Catlinite was in use at aperiod earlier than has been supposed. In the central portion of the smaller mound were seven bodies in anatomicalorder. Upon the breasts of three, with shell beads, lay gorgets representing a formof the double-bladed axe, differing from that found in the larger mound. Two ofthese, about the same size, were of phosphate rock, much the worse for age; theother, probably a soft serpentine, also was in a crumbling condition from the lapseof time (Figs. 42 and 43). REMARKS. In certain respects, the mounds at Thornhill Lake stand alone. In no otherof the river mounds has the double-bladed ceremonial been met with by us, and inno mound of the State, we believe, has it been reported accompanying humanremains. Andrew E. Douglass, Esq., had the good fortune to find in the mound 1 It is found also in Wisconsin and in Dakota. The reader is referred to an interesting article, Catlinite, by Edwin A. Barber, American Naturalist, Vol. XVII, page THE ST. JOHNS RIVER, FLORIDA. 173 near Tomoka Creek, to which reference has been made, eight beautiful ceremonialimplements of this type, some of which he has figured and Another feature, worthy of remark, is the absence in these mounds of otherimplements of stone. One would at least expect hatchets and projectile points. The most noteworthy point of the entire investigation was the total absence ofvessels of earthenware, whole or fragmentary, and the virtual absence of our first investigation of the larger mound at Thornhill Lake, thougheach spadeful of material was closely watched, not one sherd was encountered,save superficially. During the demolition of the mound the question of presence
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