T08 SMITHSONIAN MISCELLANEOUS COLLECTIONS VOL. 93 



remains are too scarce to indicate actual occupation of the site and ap- 

 pear to have been brought in either with the human bones or with the 

 covering soil. 



Pottery from Graham Ossuary 



Ceramic remains from this site were abundant and extremely inter- 

 esting. The following list indicates the amount and major types 

 recovered : 



Complete pots, none. 



Restored pots, none. 



Total number of sherds, 923 (rim 113, body 810). 



Cord-marked sherds, 866 (rim 83, body 783). 



Plain ware sherds, 57 (rim 30, body 27). 



Incised body sherds, none. 



Hematite stained or painted, none. 



The description of paste, color, and tempering in the sherds from 

 house I on Lost Creek is entirely applicable to the above collection, 

 and hence need not be repeated. Although the color of the above 

 sherds is predominantly gray, there are perhaps more approaching a 

 clear brown or buff than there are from house i. The great pre- 

 dominance of cord marking (94 percent) and the complete lack of 

 handles or lugs both serve to bring out the relationship between the 

 two wares. Only one sherd from the Graham ossuary gives evidence 

 as to the shape of the bottom of the pot, and this is rounded. Many of 

 the plainer sherds are blackened from use, whereas the most decorated 

 pieces are often without any blackening or charring. Two heavy cord- 

 marked sherds are interesting on account of neat holes bored through 

 from the outside. It seems probable that the holes were for lashings 

 to mend breaks, although it is possible that some other purpose, such 

 as the making of potsherd disks or beads, is indicated. These two 

 sherds, respectively 7 and 8 mm thick, are of the thickest ware ob- 

 served and contrast markedly with three unusually delicate sherds 

 which average 4 mm in thickness. The latter have exceptionally fine 

 cord markings and are dark gray on the outside and reddish brown 

 on their inner surface. The hematite-stained ware, rare in house i, 

 was not observed in the present site. 



The sherds from the Graham ossuary (pi. 9, fig. i), like those 

 previously described from house i on Lost Creek, have the great 

 majority of their decorative elements on shoulder and rim. The range 

 of rim types from the Graham ossuary is indicated in table 5 (p. 248). 



Incised designs on the lip of rim sherds are rather common and 

 occur on examples of most of the above types, with certain excep- 

 tions noted in the above list. A series of small angles running 



