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in the sites investigated by Webb, some of the supposed Dunkin 

 sherds there may also be portions of Pease vessels. Some of them, 

 however, are undoubtedly from Dunkin vessels, since complete ves- 

 sels of that type were fomid. For present convenience, the sherds 

 from Knight's Bluff will be referred to as Dimkin Incised, late 

 variant, with the qualification that some, or all, may actually be 

 derived from vessels of type Pease Brushed-Incised. 



A relatively large number of plain sherds (284 including 7 rim- 

 sherds) are indistinguishable from the predominant ware at the 

 Snipes Site, designated Baytown-like because of its similarity to 

 type Baytown Plain of the Lower Mississippi Valley. While some 

 of the sherds from Knight's Bluff (pi. 9, g^ h^ k) that were classified 

 as Baytown-like may actually be portions of Nash Neck Banded 

 vessels (Nash approaches Baytown-like in paste characteristics), 

 several basal sherds exhibit the characteristic Baytown-like thick 

 base with a sharp angle at the exterior juncture of base and vessel 

 wall, and heavy reinforcement of the interior juncture — features not 

 present in Nash Neck Banded. No decorated sherds with incised 

 lips or overhanging incised lines on the rim (such as those of 

 Baytown-like paste at the Snipes Site) were found at Knight's Bluff. 

 However, there are several sherds (pi. 10, o) showing parallel, in- 

 cised lines which are at least suggestive of the type Coles Creek 

 Incised. They are of Baytown-like paste and some of them prob- 

 ably are from the same vessels as some of the Baytown-like body 

 and basal sherds. 



Mention should be made of three sherds (pi. 7, /), from at least 

 two different vessels, which have all the characteristics of Barkman 

 Engraved carinated bowls including design motif, except that they 

 are incised rather than engraved. It is of interest to note that Moore 

 (1912, fig. 2, p. 553) illustrates a complete carinated bowl, from 

 burial No. 2 at the Haley Site, which is identical to Barkman except 

 that part of the decoration is incised. 



In determining which are the resident pottery types of the 

 Knight's Bluff Site, several factors were taken into consideration. 

 First, those types which are most numerous and more or less evenly 

 distributed over the site are considered resident types. They are 

 Barkman Engraved, Pease Brushed-Incised, Nash Neck Banded, 

 McIQnney Plain, Dunkin Incised, late variant, and Baytown-like. 

 Types consistently accompanying burials as mortuary offerings are 

 also probably of resident types for the most part, the possibility that 

 some of the Knight's Bluff burials are intrusive seeming remote in 

 view of the similarity in burial customs reflected by all of the 10 

 burials. Of the types listed above as resident types on the basis of 

 quantitative representation, only Pease and Nash occurred in burials. 

 Other vessels accompanying burials include a small carinated bowl 



