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thick, round loop handle rising from the lip was attached, at its lower 

 end, a short distance above the shoulder. Inferentially, there were 

 originally two of these on opposite sides, as represented in the restora- 

 tion. The surface, varying in color from light to dark gray, is rough 

 and pitted, this last owing again to dissolving of angular shell par- 

 ticles. The dimensions, which must be regarded as approximations 

 only, are : Diameter of body, 12.6 cm. ; diameter of neck, 9.5 cm. ; height, 

 9.2 cm. 



Judged from the rimsherds and body fragments scattered among the 

 skeletons, the above pots represent but a fraction of those that must 

 once have been present. Incised shell-tempered rim pieces, all from 

 separate vessels, were found in squares 55 (pi. 32, g)^ 55E1, 60E1 (pi. 

 32, fZ), 65E1, 65E2 (with burial 55), 65W2, and 75W1 (with burial 5). 

 From square GOEl, furthermore, came rim segments of a small vertical- 

 walled bowl and of a second plain shell-tempered pot with constricted 

 orifice. Vertically placed loop handles (pi. 32, /, h) occurred on sherds 

 from squares 55E1, 65E1, and 75W1. Part of a small vertical-sided 

 bowl with horizontal rim tab, probably the tail from an effigy jar, ac- 

 companied burial 57 in square 6'0E2. A small rimsherd lacking in- 

 cised ornamentation and handles, came from square 75, and a plain 

 rimsherd with vertical loop handles was found in square 60E3. In 

 all, there were 19 rimsherds representing not less than 15 distinct ves- 

 sels. All are from vessels probably no larger than the reconstructed 

 specimen described above from burial 9, and at least two (pi. 32, d^ f) 

 were smaller than that from burial 66, also described above. 



In addition to the rimsherds there are 35 or 40 other fragments, 

 which, lacking ornamentation or other diagnostic features, cannot be 

 certainly linked with any of the rims. Most are shell tempered, buff 

 or gray in color, with uneven surfaces. A few are evidently slipped. 

 One badly weathered piece is thickened in such a way as to suggest 

 the base or point of attachment for a solid cylindrical handle. T\Tiile 

 this interpretation is open to question, it will be recalled that one such 

 sherd from a handled bowl was found in midden 1 of the village site. 

 From square 55E1, near burial 24, were taken several cord-roughened 

 sherds with a dark gray-brown paste containing angular siliceous par- 

 ticles. These are quite distinct from the usual burial ground pottery, 

 as are a number of others from square 70W1. The latter are thick and 

 undecorated, with a bright brick-red paste containing opaque white 

 angular and rounded particles about 1-2 mm. in diameter. 



The effigy lug illustrated in plate 32, e, was found 24 inches east of 

 stake 65W4, near the left femur of burial 70. It suggests a bearlike 

 animal, with a recognizable snout, ears, and tail. Vertically placed on 

 the exterior of a rimsherd, with the head just above the lip and facing 

 upward, it has a horizontal perforation 5 mm. in diameter between 

 the fore and hind limbs. 



