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markings actually found on a small proportion of sherds from the 

 Trowbridge site. The smooth or "edentate rocker" impressions, 

 which decidedly predominate over the dentate style at both Trow- 

 bridge and Renner, could have been made with equal ease by using 

 such a roulette from which the edge notches had been omitted. Bear- 

 ing in mind the complete absence of stamps or other pottery-marking 

 implements from our collections at the Renner site, I nevertheless am 

 of the opinion that the slierds from there that I have previously 

 designated as rocker-marked may well have been worked over with 

 an unnotched roulette used with a rocking motion. The particular 

 roulette in question, when operated with the right hand, gives ver- 

 tical curves convex to the left, whereas the rocker marks on sherds 

 and pots at Renner and Trowbridge are almost alwaj^s, if not indeed 

 invariably, convex to the right. Unless it be assumed that the potters 

 were all left-handed, this would imply that they either inverted or 

 laid the pots on their sides in applying the ornamentation, or else 

 that they leaned over the upright vessel and worked on the far side. 

 Within the corporate limits of Kansas City, Kans., traces of at 

 least two village sites apparently related to Trowbridge and Renner 

 have been reported. One is at the north edge of Klamm Park (fig. 1, 

 site 2) where Mr, Trowbridge has collected pottery fragments and a 

 few flints. Rocker markings, dentate stamp impressions, and cross- 

 hatched rimsherds, together with heavy stemmed projectile points, 

 are present. The second location (fig, 1, site 3) is on a small garden 

 plot south of Woodlawn Cemetery, and is crossed by Ninth Street, 

 Troup Avenue, and Chelsea Trafficway. At one time there must have 

 been a terrace of several acres here, but grading activities for the 

 streets and for a nearby electric rail line have all but obliterated the 

 former contours. Jersey Creek flows along the southwest edge. On 

 the remaining terrace remnant and the slope above may be found grit- 

 tempered sherds identical in all respects to those from Renner's, along 

 with an occasional large-stemmed arrowpoint. Flint rejectage and 

 bits of burned clay likewise occur. This may be the site reported by 

 Serviss (1883, p. 528), whose remarks led directly to its reexamination 

 in 1938. I quote : 



About two years ago I discovered on the farm of .J. L. Stockton, 1 mile north- 

 west of this city [Wyandotte City, since incorporated in Kansas City, Kans.]. 

 remains of an aboriginal worlishop or village. It is located on a small stream, 

 called Jersey Creek, and near a large spring. It covers an area of about 2 acres. 

 The soil is sandy, and to the depth of 2 feet is a complete mixture of flakes of 

 flint, ashes, bones (both animal and human), fragments of ornamented pottery, 

 broken and unfinished stone implements of nearly every description. The frag- 

 ments of pottery are the most numerous ; there are three kinds as to color : viz, 

 black, brown, and red, composed of a mixture of clay, sand, and pounded shells. 

 The variety of the combinations of lines and dots is inexhaustible. I have never 

 found two pieces alike. 



