Some aboriginal sites in Louisiana and in Arkansas : Atchafalaya River, Lake Larto, Tensas River, Bayou Maçon, Bayou D'Arbonne, in Louisiana; Saline River, in Arkansas / by Clarance B. Moore ; a report on a collection of crania and bones from Sorrel Bayou, Iberville Parish, Louisiana / by Dr. A. Hrdlička.

  • Moore, Clarence B. (Clarence Bloomfield), 1852-1936.
Date:
1913
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Credit: Some aboriginal sites in Louisiana and in Arkansas : Atchafalaya River, Lake Larto, Tensas River, Bayou Maçon, Bayou D'Arbonne, in Louisiana; Saline River, in Arkansas / by Clarance B. Moore ; a report on a collection of crania and bones from Sorrel Bayou, Iberville Parish, Louisiana / by Dr. A. Hrdlička. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    shape of two cones placed base to base, and the other, also a double cone but with four longitudinal furrows. Examples of these are shown in Fig. 2. Fig. 2.—Objects of earthenware. Schwing'Place. (Full size.) All these objects from this place, even the fragments, were coated with what Doctor Keller has determined to be clay, sand, and fine particles of carbon—ash material. In other words, these objects had lain in a fireplace, though there was no sign of a former fire where they were found. Throughout the mound, and evidently midclen-debris, were various frag¬ ments of pottery, some of fairly good quality, several having simple designs composed of incised lines, and one showing traces of red paint. Apart from bones was a flint arrowpoint or lancehead about 3 inches in length, one barb of which is missing. Mound Opposite Pigeon Bayou, Iberville Parish. Entering woods opposite Pigeon Bayou, belonging to Messrs. A. Wilbert’s Sons, of Plaquemine, La., and keeping a NNE. direction for about 200 yards from the water, one comes to a mound which was visited by our agents at a time when the Atchafalaya river was fairly low. This mound, at that time, was reported to be 100 feet in diameter and 4 feet in height. It was possible for us, later, owing to high water, to reach this mound only by boat, but as most of it was under water, no investigation could be attempted. Mounds on Lake La Rose, St. Martin Parish. On the bank of Lake La Rose, within sight of one another when not obscured by foliage, are three mounds on property of Mr. Robert Martin, of St. Martinville, La. The mound nearest the water and in full view from it has been quadrangular, and probably square, but has been greatly washed and worn. We were told that on its summit-plateau, now 24 feet by 48 feet in extent, forty persons had