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vessel and are visible on both the inside and outside. The outer 

 surface bears the impression of what appears to have been a textile, 

 probably a material woven of cords of bufifalo hair similar to that 

 known to have been made in early historic times by tribes in the 

 Mississippi Valley. Deep lines were incised on the surface before 

 the vessel was fired, as a decoration, and are easily distinguished 

 in the photographs. Narrow vertical impressions about | inch apart 

 and the same in length appear on the inside of the rim at the top ; 

 otherwise the rim of the vessel is plain and straight. 



Specimen b was similar in many respects to the preceding. It is 

 the same color and texture, and the textile impression on the outer 

 surface is the same, but the incised lines were not added on either the 

 outside of the vessel or the inside of the rim. The tempering is sand 

 or small pieces of crushed quartz, differing in this respect from 

 the very coarse material occurring in a. The second piece from the 

 left is a fragment of the rim. The sherds are small, and consequently 

 it is more difficult to estimate the diameter of the vessel, but it was 

 probably smaller than a, although the thickness is about the same. 



Small fragments found on the site at Kellys Ford, already described, 

 plate 12, figure 2, b, belonged to a vessel similar in texture, color, 

 and decoration to the preceding. 



Many small fragments of vessel c were found close together near 

 the fragments of a and b. In texture, color, and temi^ering it closely 

 resembles b. The outer surface bears the impression of tightly twisted 

 cords from -^jr to ^ inch in diameter. Many of the cords are parallel 

 and in some instances overlap, but there is no impression of a textile. 

 Cords had probably been bound over a paddle, or some hard material, 

 and then applied to the plastic surface. 



The three specimens a, b, and c are examples of coiled ware. 

 The four specimens d were found in sand deposited on the river bank 

 near the end of the lower fish trap. The surfaces of all are worn away 

 through exposure to the elements. The remaining five pieces, e, 

 came from the vicinity of the upper trap. These show clearly the 

 impressions of cords, some of which were very coarse and appear 

 to have been tightly twisted. 



FOX NECK AND VICINITY 



Fox Neck is a narrow peninsula, bordered by the left bank of the 

 Rapidan where the river makes a sharp bend. It is a high, rolling tract 

 some 12 or 14 miles above the mouth of the river and was included 

 in lands granted to Governor Alexander Spotswood early in the 



