The remains were in much better state of preservation than is usually the case in the mounds. One skull, almost intact, was preserved.[7]
With two crania, at different points, were numbers of longitudinally perforated shells (Olivella).
With human remains was found a portion of the shaft of a large pin of shell, showing recent fracture. The remaining part doubtless escaped us.
But two sherds were brought to our attention.
Mound South of Suarez Bluff, Amelia Island
In a large shell field about three-quarters of one mile in a southeasterly direction from Suarez Bluff, on property belonging to Mr. Scott of that place, was a mound 6.5 feet high and 44 feet across the base. It had probably lost about 2 feet in height through previous investigation.
The mound was built on a shell heap of irregular surface. A thickness of 6 feet of solid sand was at certain portions of the mound and scarcely 2 feet at others.
About two-thirds of the mound was dug down.
Nineteen burials, from 1 to 6 feet from the surface, all in anatomical order, were discovered.
Occasional pockets of sand colored with Hematite were near the base. A few bits of pottery lay loose in the sand and at one point were fifteen marine univalves (Fulgur carica, Fulgur perversum, Fasciolaria). A few shell beads, lying with a skeleton, were the only artifacts discovered.