Additional mounds of Duval and of Clay counties, Florida; Mound investigation on the east coast of Florida; Certain Florida coast mounds north of the St. Johns riverMoore, Clarence B. (Clarence Bloomfield)
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Additional mounds of Duval and of Clay counties, Florida; Mound investigation on the east coast of Florida; Certain Florida coast mounds north of the St. Johns river
Moore, Clarence B. (Clarence Bloomfield)
Florida -- Antiquities; Mounds -- Florida
Spruce Creek enters the Halifax river opposite the town of Ponce
Park. About 1 mile up Spruce Creek, turning into Murray’s Creek and
following the stream about 1 mile, the Murray dwelling is reached,
from which the mound is distant about 1.5 miles inland, in a
southwesterly direction. The mound, in thick “hammock,” and covered
with palmetto and other trees, has a height of 20 feet, a diameter at
base of 144 feet. The trench made by Mr. Andrew E. Douglass,[5] was
the only previous investigation apparent on the mound.
Parts of two days, with nine men to dig, were devoted to
investigation. Neither burial nor artifact rewarded our labors—a
result similar to that attained by Mr. Douglass.
Two feet beneath the surface, such parts of the mound as were dug
into by us, were encased in heavy slabs of coquina. This curious
feature was noted also by Mr. Douglass in the portion investigated by
him.
MOUND AT COURTENAY, BREVARD COUNTY
The settlement of Courtenay, on Merritt’s Island, which here forms
the eastern shore of the Indian River, is about eight miles north of
the town of Cocoa.
On the property of Mr. John H. Sams, at Courtenay, is a mound which
was cordially placed at our disposal for investigation by the owner.
The mound, entirely surrounded by a trench, presents a striking
appearance, giving the impression of greater altitude than it really
possesses. Its height is 11 feet; its diameter at base about 100
feet, making allowance for a certain amount of sand evidently washed
from the mound.
An excavation 28 feet in diameter and from 5 to 6 feet deep, was made
in the central portion of the mound. A few scattered human bones
were present immediately below the surface. At a depth of 5 feet was
a sherd of considerable size. Loose in the sand was one fragment of
chipped chert. Beyond these, nothing was encountered and the sand,
coarse and yellow, had the raw look peculiar to mounds containing no
organic remains.
LOW MOUND AT COURTENAY, BREVARD COUNTY
In the southern extremity of the settlement of Courtenay, in thick
“hammock” land, on the property of Mr. H. J. Tiffin, of Montreal,
Canada, was a mound about 2 feet in height and 35 feet in diameter.
The central portion of this mound was completely dug through at the
courteous invitation of the owner. At two points were fragmentary
human remains which, with one small sherd, were the entire yield of
the mound.
MOUND AT DE SOTO, BREVARD COUNTY
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