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swollen, neck slightly constric- 

 ted, Fig. c. 



4. Identical with number 2, except 

 that just below the beginning 

 of the neck, occur small raised 

 lugs, ears or handles. This is 

 rare from this area, Fig. d. 



5. Rounded bottom, somewhat 



constricted neck, lip sometimes 

 flaring, or even turning down 

 and back, Fig. e. 



The intermediate types are as 

 follows : 



6. Rounded bottom, constricted 

 neck, narrow raised rim or 

 collar, Fig. f. 



7. Like number 6, but with sides 

 more elongated and bottom 

 more oval than round, heavier 

 collar, generally notched angle, 

 with or without a series of small 

 humps or projections at inter- 

 vals. Fig. g. 



The Iroquoian types are as follows: 



8. Mouth rounded, collar or rim 



heavy, with humps or peaks at 

 intervals, angle notched, neck 

 constricted and bottom round- 

 ed; can stand by itself, an 

 unknown feature in local Al- 

 gonkian vessels, Fig. h. 



9. Same as number 7, but with 

 mouth square, and humps at 

 every angle. Much less com- 

 mon than the preceding, Fig. i. 



In size, the vessels range from small 

 toy-like pots to jars of very large capa- 

 city. In general they appear to have 

 been made by the coil process, and are 

 tempered with pounded stone or fine 

 gravel, mica or burned or pounded 

 shell. Sherds showing tempering by 

 fiber or some other substance that dis- 

 appeared in firing are found rarely. 

 When vessels were cracked or broken, 



a series of holes was bored opposite 

 each other on either side of the break 

 and the parts laced together, render- 

 ing the vessel capable of storing dry 

 objects, at least. 



Life forms are exceedingly rare in 

 local ceramic art. From Manhattan 

 Island and Van Cortlandt Park, there 

 come a number of specimens showing 

 incised human (?) faces. This is not 

 an uncommon form on Iroquoian sites 

 in Central and Western New York. 

 On the Bowman's Brook site at Mar- 

 iner's Harbor, Staten Island, frag- 

 ments of a typically Algonkian pot 

 were obtained which bore at inter- 

 vals, rude raised faces. With the 

 sole exception of a rather w T ell-modeled 

 clay face, apparently broken from the 

 bowl of a pipe found at Port Wash- 

 ington, Long Island, by Mr. M. R. 

 Harrington, this brief statement con- 

 cludes the list of pottery life forms 

 reported from this area, although others 

 may yet be found here, since some inter- 

 esting objects have been collected in 

 immediately adjacent territory. 



The forms of decoration consist of 

 stamping with a stamp, roulette, or 

 paddle, and incising. Occasionally, 

 but very rarely, stucco work occurs. 

 Under stamping we can enumerate the 

 following processes :- 



1. Impression with the rounded 

 end of a stick (rare). 



2. Impression with the end of a 

 quill, or hollow reed, leaving a 

 circular depression with a tiny 

 lump or nipple (rare) in the 

 center. 



3. Impression with a section of a 

 hollow reed, making a stamped 

 circle (rare). 



4. Impression with finger nail 



(doubtful, but perhaps used on 



