Excerpt from Post-Pleiocene Fossils of South-Carolina
Extracts from the papers included in this volume were published in pamphlet form. March 1st, 1858; but the edition was soon exhausted. The discovery of fossil bones and teeth which could not be distinguished from similar parts of recent domestic animals, excited general attention, and the subject was freely discussed in the public press both at home and abroad.
In April, 1859, additional evidence of the age of the beds from which these fossils were obtained, was afforded by the discovery of a fragment of Indian pottery associated with the bones and teeth of mastodon, horse, deer, etc., (Plate XIX and XX.) These specimens were taken to Philadelphia, and submitted to the inspection of the members of the Academy of Natural Sciences, at a meeting held July 12th, and published in their proceedings of that evening, page 177. The subject caused considerable speculation, and it was concluded to republish in part what had already appeared in the pamphlet issued in 1858.
A description of the geological formations or beds in which these remains have been obtained, etc., etc., will be found in the introduction to this volume.
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