NO. 10 NEBRASKA ARCHEOLOGY STRONG lOQ 



around the lip, transverse double and single lines, recurring dots and 

 short lines are all employed. This form of lip decoration occurs in 

 about 32 cases. Another feature is the rather common occurrence of- 

 narrow extensions between notches on the lower edge of the collar 

 of a definite nipplelike form (pi. 9, fig. i, d). The collar or shoulder 

 between lip and lower rim occurs in slightly less than 50 percent 

 of the cases. 



A comparison of table 5 and plate 9, figure i, with plate 5 will show 

 the close resemblance between tlie present ossuary pottery and that 

 from Lost Creek sites. The similarity is obvious, the most marked 

 dififerences being the greater abundance of collared rims (82 percent) 

 in house i, Lost Creek, compared with the same type in the Graham 

 ossuary pottery (less than 50 percent) and the much greater abundance 

 of horizontal line decoration at the former site. Such differences would 

 be expected in different sites of the same general culture and might 

 also be due in part to the fact that the finds represent slightly dif- 

 ferent periods. 



Work in Ground Stone 



Only one pipe was found in the ossuary in question. This was 

 a much weathered and eroded specimen of white " pipestone " simi- 

 lar to those from house i, Lost Creek. It is an elbow pipe, 37 mm 

 high from bowl to base and 20 mm in diameter at both bowl and stem 

 (pi. 16, fig. 2, n). The interior of the bowl forms an oval, whereas 

 the stem cavity, only slightly smaller, is triangular. The extreme 

 weathering of the pipe is apparently due to exposure before it was 

 placed in the ossuary pit. 



In all, four broken sandstone shaft polishers come from the Graham 

 ossuary. They are all of the " nail buffer " type (see pi. 17, fig. i, /, 

 for type) and range from 90 to 40 mm in length. One specimen has a 

 well-defined double groove on the base, one channel continuing up 

 over the top of the artifact. 



One piece of hard red stone, polished smooth and flat on both sides, 

 seems to have been used either for grinding or polishing. It is 

 slightly incrusted with lime and is 90 mm long by 50 mm wide. 



Work in Chipped Stone 



Seven small chipped arrowpoints were found. Of these, three were 

 of jasper and the remainder of chalcedony and chert. The majority 

 (five) are notched, one is unnotched, and one crude specimen suggests 

 a stem. All are of the delicate, thin type noted in house i. Lost Creek, 

 and range in length from 35 to 21 mm. Six fall into the NBa group 



