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wares (table 11). The resemblances include such features as paste, 

 amount and nature of tempering materials, fracture lines and sur- 

 faces, color, surface finish, rim types, and decorative techniques and 

 designs. From the published data it is impossible to determine 

 whether the large vertically elongate jars with plain necks, cross- 

 hatched and punctate rims, and rocker-roughened bodies (see pi. 4), 

 which are especially characteristic at Renner, also occur in the Illinois 

 Valley sites. To me these specimens suggest a blend in which tha 

 amphora shape and inferior technology of Cole and Deuel's type 2 

 pottery were combined with an upperbody, neck, and rim taken over 

 from the better type 3 ware. 



In the matter of nonceramic elements, there are several additional 

 points of similarity. Large, well-made, stemmed projectile points, 

 flint flake knives, and perforated bone needles are common to Renner 

 and the Fulton County sites. There are no platform or monitor 

 pipes from Renner, but the finding of a broken pipe fragment at the 

 nearby related Trowbridge site in Wyandotte County, Kans., suggests 

 that this lack may be due to inadequate sampling on our part. Items 

 found at Renner and also listed by Cole and Deuel in their site inven- 

 tories, but not regarded as diagnostic, include: Chipped flint disks, 

 flat on one side with a central boss on the other (F''49; F''574) ; 

 socketed antler projectile point with basal barb (F''574) ; antler 

 cylinders with polished but not socketed ends (F''574) ; snubnose 

 scrapers (T'l) ; and figurines of baked clay (F''49). The chipped 

 flint disks are nowhere illustrated, nor is their size given, but several 

 specimens seen by myself at Chicago do not appear to differ signifi- 

 cantly from those at Renner. For the Fonts site (F''664), under the 

 heading "objects probably Woodland," Cole and Deuel (1937, p. 120) 

 include two "disks of chipped flint, flat or slightly convex on one side, 

 with a central boss on the other showing scars from flakes struck off." 

 This description fits the Renner specimens perfectly. According to 

 Cole and Deuel "similar specimens are found on Hopewellian village 

 sites in Fulton County." Wliat the distribution of the type is other- 

 wise I do not know. Antler projectile points are known from at 

 least one Fulton County Hopewellian site. The presence of socket 

 and barb in the Hummell site specimen is reminiscent of identical fea- 

 tures on the Renner points. At T"!, Cole and Deuel (1937, p. 190) 

 mention "antler tips, broken off, 2 socketed but not for projectiles." 

 One wonders how these differ from projectile points but seeks in vain 

 for an explanation. The antler cylinder is presumably similar to sev- 

 eral specimens from Renner. No comparisons are possible between 

 the flat perforated animal rib needles reported from F''49 and T^'l and 

 the large needle from Renner. Two grooved axes found at F'88 are 



