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NONCERAMIC 



Nonceramic artifacts are similar in general to those at Knight's 

 Bluff and Sherwin except that arrow point type Alba is more fre- 

 quent at Snipes. All the artifacts are listed in table 2; types and 

 forms that were described for Knight's Bluff are not redescribed 

 here. Brief descriptions follow of two projectile point types not 

 found at Knight's Bluff. 



The seven Alba points (pi. 11) are good examples of the type as 

 described by Krieger (Newell and Krieger, 1949, pp. 161-162). They 

 are small with bulbous stems, and several have characteristically 

 outflaring barbs. 



One dart point (pi. 11, i^) of Paleo- American form was found in 

 the upper part of stratum 2. Maximum width (1.6 cm. above the 

 base) is 2.7 cm., overall length approximately 6 cm. (the tip is 

 missing), and maximum thickness is 7 mm. The base is almost 

 straight, but has a suggestion of concavity, and the lateral edges 

 have been smoothed up to the point of maximum blade width. This 

 specimen is probably of the Plain view type (Krieger, 1947) or 

 closely related thereto. Its presence at the Snipes Site is very likely 

 intrusive. 



The only nonceramic artifact type found in sufficient quantity to 

 suggest status as a resident type is Alba arrow point. Distribution 

 of Alba extends from the Brazos Kiver eastward as far as the Missis- 

 sippi Valley where it is fomid in association with complexes of the 

 Baytown Period (Ford, 1951, pp. 115-117). 



Table 2. — All artifacts from the Snipes Site 

 Ceramics : 



Complete and restorable v.essels: Number 



Plain, flower-pot-shaped, Baytown-like paste (with burial No. 1) 1 



Plain bowl with rounded base, convex walls, and incurving 



rim, Baytown-like paste (with burial No. 7) 1 



Plain bowl with flat, round base and straight walls slanting 



outward, Baytown-like paste (with burial No. 8) 1 



Plain bowl with flat, round base and everted rim, Baytovra-like 



paste (with burial No. 9) 1 



Coles Creek Incised (with burial No. 6) 1 



Small bowl with rounded base and slightly everted rim. Short, 

 diagonal, incised lines applied from lip to base and one hori- 

 zontal row of punctates encircles the neck. Caddoan paste; 



apparently not associated with a burial 1 



Potsherds: 



Baytown-like, clay tempered 605 



Baytown-like, bone tempered 204 



Coles Creek Incised 21 



Evansville Punctate (?) 1 



Marksville Incised (?) 2 



Barkman Engraved . 3 



