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As for the spatial distribution of the ceramic types represented, 

 all that can be said is that the aflfinities of those which are sufficiently 

 distinct to have a correlative value appear to be with the West — 

 western Mississippi, Arkansas, Louisiana — rather than with Alabama 

 or Florida. While it is to be regretted that the conclusions arrived 

 at are so indefinite, the nature of the material available for compari- 

 son precludes for the present any more exact interpretations. We 

 must know, for instance, much more about the geographical range of 

 the various types of Southeastern pottery and the relative position 

 occupied by each, and especially we must know which types are 

 found associated with European material and which types are never 

 found in such association. Eventuallj^, no doubt, these things will 

 be known and it will be a comparatively simple matter to assign 

 newly found material to its proper position. Meanwhile, the Deason- 

 ville sherds are presented descriptively until such time as interpre- 

 tations may be in order. 



Bone miplements. — The only bone implements found were awls 

 and scrapers. In Plate 8, «., is shown a rather blunt pointed awl of 

 antler; d is made from the ulna of a deer, and e, /, and g from a 

 piece of deer leg bone, antler, and bird bone, respectively; h and c 

 of the same plate are scrapers fashioned from the metapodial bones 

 of deer. 



Stone< implements. — Flint implements, weapons, unfinished pieces 

 and fragments were found in abundance. Plate 9, «., is probably an 

 unfinished knife blade and 2) an unfinished scraper ; c shows a scraper 

 made from petrified wood and d and e are scrapers of flint. Two 

 knife blades are represented in / and g. Projectile points in a va- 

 riety of shapes and sizes are shown on the same plate, h to v. 



Hammerstones of more or less rounded shape with a central de- 

 pression for a finger grip were present in considerable numbers. 

 Typical examples are shown on Plate 10, a-e. 



On Plate 10, /, is shown a small polished celt or ax of quartzite. 



Tobacco pipes. — Fragments of three tobacco pipes of the com- 

 mon elbow shape were found, an example of which is shown on 

 Plate 11, a. 



Miscellaneous. — Plate 11, b, represents a small pottery object of 

 mushroom shape. These objects are usually referred to either as 

 smoothing implements for use in pottery making or as stoppers for 

 narrow-mouthed jars. The former explanation appears more ap- 

 plicable in the present case, since narrow-necked jars do not seem 

 to have been represented among the Deasonville pottery forms. 



In c^e are shown three small disks fashioned from potsherds and 

 used no doubt in the same way as &/ / is a rounded sandstone pebble, 

 also probably used as a pottery smoother. 



