Fresh-water shell mounds of the St. John's River, Florida / by Jeffries Wyman.

  • Wyman, Jeffries, 1814-1874.
Date:
1875
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Licence: Public Domain Mark

Credit: Fresh-water shell mounds of the St. John's River, Florida / by Jeffries Wyman. Source: Wellcome Collection.

Provider: This material has been provided by The Royal College of Surgeons of England. The original may be consulted at The Royal College of Surgeons of England.

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    CONTENTS PAGE Editorial Note, iii Sonnet by James Russell Lowell, iv List of Illustrations, vii Introductory Remarks, 3 I. The St. John’s, 4 II. General Description of the Mounds. With Map, ... 8 III. Previous Notices of the Mounds, 14 IV. Description of some of the more important Mounds, . . 15 List of Shell Mounds on the St. John’s River, .... 44 V. Primitive Man and Implements, 45 Stone Implements, 49 Bone Implements, 51 Potteiy, 52 Shell Implements, 56 Drinking Shells, 57 Perforated Shells, 58 Ornaments, 58 Absence of Pipes and of Metals, 59 YI. Human Remains in the Shell Heaps of the St. John's River. Cannibalism, 60 Flattened Tibise, 65 Cannibalism, 67 Notes on Cannibalism, 72 VII. Remains of Animals in the Shell Mounds, . . . . . 78 Extinct Animals, 81 VIII. Age of the Shell Mounds, 81 IX. The Successive Inhabitants of the Florida Peninsular, . 85 X. Conclusions, 86 Index, 89