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sent me photographs and notes on this collection which is similar to 

 that obtained from house i. The one complete pot from house 2 has 

 been previously described. The rim sherds from house 2 are closely 

 similar to those from house i. The collared rim with incised decora- 

 tion is exceedingly common and the use of a varying number of hori- 

 zontal lines predominates as a decorative motif. Incisions on the lips 

 of the vessels occur, and diamond-shaped or closely crosshatched 

 incised rim designs are common. Incised triangles occur and in some 

 cases these triangles are filled with horizontal lines. A great majority 

 of the sherds illustrated in Mr. Spence's photographs are cord-marked 

 on the body, and there are no indications of either lugs or handles. 

 Sherds with notched rims also occur in some cases. On the whole one 

 might say that the ceramic remains from both houses are in all essen- 

 tials identical. 



The pipes, whole and fragmentary, from house 2 are exceptionally 

 interesting. The finest of these is illustrated (pi. 21, fig. 1, c). It is 

 made of hard stone and, when found, was heavily impregnated with 

 lime. Removing the lime, Mr. Spence found the design which repre- 

 sents the head of a catfish with great realism. A very similar pipe 

 had been pecked out, but after attempts to drill it at bowl and stem it 

 had been abandoned. Two broken fragments of stone pipes are very 

 similar to those figured from house i (pi. 16, fig. 2, r, g, p). In addi- 

 tion, five pipes or fragments of pipes made of clay were recovered. 

 Two of these are closely similar in shape to the stone pipes from 

 house I. Of the others, one small pipe bowl decorated by horizontally 

 depressed rings and a larger, almost round specimen are noteworthy. 

 Mr. Spence says that these specimens are molded and are not drilled. 

 The material has evidently been fired with varying degrees of success 

 in the different specimens. The occurrence of clay pipes in house 2 

 is one of the few marked differences to be noted between that site 

 and house i. Since the other artifacts from the two houses are so very 

 similar, it is probable that the lack of clay pipes in house i is accidental 

 rather than significant. 



Aside from rounded, cylindrical hammerstones and shaft polishers, 

 no other polished stone implements are recorded from house 2. Mr. 

 Spence notes specifically that no polished or grooved celts or axes were 

 found. The work in chipped stone is closely similar to that described 

 from house i , and practically all the types referred to there were found 

 in house 2. The flint knives are similar to those from house i except 

 that the large laurel-leaf blades are not mentioned, whereas the dia- 

 mond-shaped, beveled knife (Harahey type) was very abundant. Of 

 about 50 specimens of this type of knife found by the earlier workers 



