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appear in the photograph (pi. 6, fig. 2). In all, there were 487 objects 

 in the vessel, as follows : 



I large copper ring. 



1 small copper ring. 



2 shell tubes. 



30 variegated copper bells. 

 I rounded piece of copper. 



5 small, notched OUva shells. 

 I six-pointed star of shell. 



7 shell labrets. 



3 triangular shell pendants. 



6 pieces of cut shell. 



1 fragment of stone bead. 

 18 fragmentary shell beads. 



6 carved stone faces (excellent). 



4 carved stone faces (cruder). 



2 carved stone human figures. 



5 incised pieces of stone. 

 2 bird figures of stone. 



I spindle whorl of stone (maze de- 

 sign). 



1 small stone gorget (rectangular). 



2 incised stone disks (small). 



3 rounded pebble pendants (crudely 



incised). 



4 T-shaped stone pendants (small). 



1 incised ring. 



23 small stone pendants. 



2 partially perforated pebble pen- 



dants. 



1 small, unworked pebble. 



26 incised stone beads (various 

 shapes). 



3 cruciform stone beads. 

 164 cylindrical stone beads. 



68 round stone beads. 

 88 disk stone beads. 



2 triangular stone beads. 



I highly polished, small stone celt. 



Near the central cache was a small worn celt, a broken lava metate, 

 two small tumblerlike clay vessels, a crude canoe-shaped pottery vessel, 

 and a larger troughlike object of pottery. All of these can be seen in 

 the photograph (pi. 6, fig. i). In addition, a considerable number of 

 quartz crystals, a curved plain metate and muller (pi. 7, fig. 3), and 

 two celts were found close by. As discussion of the artifacts will 

 show, many of the objects were broken when found, but the presence 

 of a number of perfectly preserved pieces, as well as the indubitable 

 ofifertory nature of the central cache, suggests ceremonial deposition 

 of all the material rather than refuse accumulation on a habitation 

 site. 



The ceramics from the Dixon site fall into two main types, a 

 numerically preponderant monochrome ware and a small amount of 

 polychrome pottery. 



The polychrome ware (Polychrome I) is best represented by the 

 complete vessel (pi. i), which contained the central votive offer- 

 ings. This is a well-made but slightly asymmetrical vase, 20.3 cm high. 

 The mouth of the vessel is slightly ovoid in form, measuring 11.8 cm 

 in width parallel to the two lugs and 12.2 cm at right angles to them. 

 The body of the vessel averages 3 mm in thickness. The lugs serve as 

 rattles through the inclusion of small pieces of gravel, and each 



