128 SMITHSONIAN MISCELLANEOUS COLLECTIONS VOL. 92 



Polychrome II ware is represented by one large rim sherd (5 mm 

 thick) from a vessel with a restricted orifice, straight medium high 

 rim, and swollen lip. The neck is decorated with a black line and dot 

 design on a red-brown slip. Another rim sherd has a dark red slip 

 and a conventionalized manatee head lug on the side. The vessel is 

 I cm thick at the lip, and the lug is surrounded by a black line frame. 

 There are six vertical loop handles with a manatee head in relief on 

 the upper bend (similar to fig. 11, a, d). These are typically Poly- 

 chrome II in type, but only traces of brown slip and no design elements 

 remain, owing to weathering. 



One fragment of a gray steatite jar, possibly a leg, and one-third 

 of a broken granite bowl or mortar (15 cm high) with thin walls and 

 thick bottom, all smoothly polished, were found. From " the floor of 

 Marble Hill Cave " come two broken, oval bark beaters, both fully 

 grooved around the edges ; one is smoothly worn on both faces, the 

 other has only one face, which has beautifully even, narrow, length- 

 wise grooves. From Marble Hill, area not specified, comes an 

 exceptionally beautiful little celt (3.8 cm long) of dark green jade 

 (pi. 17, j). There are also two small jade and three green talc cylin- 

 drical beads and a ball of marble (3 cm in diameter) with two holes 

 started from each side but not meeting. There are traces of a rather 

 elaborate herringbone design on this piece, but it is too badly eroded 

 for analysis. 



Bird's collection contains 39 human teeth " found scattered among 

 the sherds ", indicating that the Marble Hill " caves " were probably 

 used for burial purposes. In his catalog Bird gives a " list of finds at 

 site on southwest side of Marble Hill, Bonacca. Shell Ornaments : 

 76 Marginella shells, perforated ; 18^ olive shells, end cut and side 

 perforated ; i olive shell, end bored ; i cone shell, large end cut and side 

 perforated ; i cone shell, large end bored, center, cut on sides ; 4 cone 

 shells not cut or bored ; 4 round shell disks (| inch diameter to ^ inch) ; 

 3 round shell disks with hole in center; 5 irregular shell pendants 

 (f to ^ inch long) ; 8 shell beads; 2 perforated spondular shells (1-4 

 holes); 2 perforated cairs shells; 15 perforated Turritella shells". 

 These specimens are in the possession of Mr. Boekelman. 



Our small sherd collection from Marble Hill contains plain and 

 elaborate monochrome pieces but no polychrome ware. Some 16 

 sherds of highly polished, dull red ware are present, and several of 

 these pieces have been bored for crack lacing. A few have simple 

 incisions, and one has an applique eye and nose. All but two are from 

 bowls with low, slightly flaring lips or else direct rims. One of the 

 former has a restricted orifice and high flaring lips, the other is part 



