142 BULLETIN 183, UNITED STATES NATIONAL MUSEUM 



rising as a low riclge from the plain upperbocly. A small crude loop 

 handle on one side has been balanced in the restoration with one on 

 the opposite side. Like the preceding jar, this shows striations from 

 the rubbing tool on the inside upper surface. It is 9.2 cm. deep with 

 a diameter of 14.8 cm. 



Smallest in the series is a plain rough little jar 6.9 cm. high by 11.6 

 cm. in diameter (pi. 40, a). The surface is uneven and looks as if 

 it had been brushed with grass or twigs, but it also shows polish. The 

 shoulder varies from round to angular. There is no definite rim ; in 

 places the lip seems to have been flattened so that its thin sharp outer 

 edge slightly overhangs the body. Decoration is lacking, and the 

 interior is much striated horizontally. 



In marked contrast to the six vessels just described, with their 

 shell or cell inclusions, mostly smoothed slipped exteriors, dark gray 

 surface color, and light walls, is the seventh piece. Globular in form, 

 it somewhat resembles a pear from which the smaller stem end has 

 been cut (pi. 40, c). Surface color is prevalently a brown, but here 

 and there dark gray to black firing clouds occur. Starting at the 

 rim, heavy cord-impressions run vertically dovv^n the sides; at the 

 base these frequently crisscross. The lip itself is rounded, smooth, 

 and uneven. Vessel walls exceed 5 mm. in thickness, and the jar, 

 though not the largest in the group, is the heaviest. Surface pitting, 

 discernible on all others, is almost lacking here ; where present, cavi- 

 ties are larger and angular as though gravel rather than shell frag- 

 ments had produced them. No inclusions are visible on the surface, 

 nor are there open breaks from which their nature, if present, may be 

 judged. The pot is unevenly turned; it approximates 14.8 cm. in 

 diameter by 13 cm. in height, and the orifice varies from 9-9.5 cm. 

 across. 



During our short inspection we collected a few sherds that tally 

 in all particulars with the thin slipped shell-tempered ware described 

 in foregoing paragraphs. Some were in situ, others scattered over 

 the dug portions. While none exhibited decoration or could be re- 

 stored, they confirm the presence of the ware inclusively in the mound. 



The pipe in plate 40, d^ is of compact slate-gray limestone. The 

 base, squarish in cross section, is 6 cm. long and projects beyond the 

 bowl. Cylindrical, the bowl is 2.8 cm. in diameter by about the same 

 in height. It is surmounted by a flat circular disk 6 mm. thick, 5.9 

 cm. in diameter, depressed very slightly toward the center. The 

 stem hole, presumably for insertion of a wooden bit, is 1 cm. in diam- 

 eter at the outer end, and conical. The bowl cavity, 15 mm. across 

 at the top, tapers much more gradually ; the "cake," which it is said 

 to have held when found, was thoroughly removed before the pipe 

 came into our possession. Part of one edge of the disk is somewhat 



