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to show any significant differences in vertical distribution of types; 

 neither was there any apparent localization of any of the principal 

 types in areas outside Feature 1. 



Feature 1, on the other hand, being a compact midden with no 

 sign of having been disturbed, is considered an excellent unit for 

 observing close association of artifact types. Since examination of 

 artifacts from the midden, by levels, revealed no vertical stratifica- 

 tion, the midden artifacts, as a group, can be considered as having 

 been discarded or lost by one group of people (perhaps on the floor 

 of a house) over a period probably not exceeding a few decades. 



Table 3 not only lists all the artifacts from Sherwin, but is also 

 designed to point out associations within Feature 1 and their rela- 

 tionships to the rest of the site; it includes a column for specimens 

 found in Feature 1, a column for those found in the rest of the site, 

 and a totals column. 



CERAMICS 



All the potteiy types found at Sherwin were also present at 

 Knight's Bluff except for a few sherds that may be intrusive. Some 

 minor types found at Kjiight's Bluff, however, do not appear at 

 Sherwin. They are: Cass Appliqued, Antioch Engraved, Crockett 

 Curvilinear Incised, Belcher Engraved, Rattle Bowls, Coles Creek- 

 like, and possibly Pennington Punctated-Incised. 



Two bottles of a rather distinctive design (pi. 6, c and d) were 

 found in burial No. 8 at SherT\dn. Three sherds of similar bottles 

 were found in Feature 1, and one sherd was recovered at Knight's 

 Bluff. Since almost identical specimens from other sites have been 

 noted, it is thought worthwhile to describe this bottle form briefly 

 and to assign it a tentative type name, Higgins Engraved. Higgins 

 seems to occur mostly, or entirely, as bottles with flat, round bases, 

 ovoid bodies, and cylindrical necks. Paste is clay-grit tempered, 

 brown to gray in surface color, and cores are usually dark. Fire 

 clouding is common. The surface is smoothed, but the polish so 

 characteristic of many Caddoan bottles is lacking. Decoration con- 

 sists of two or three horizontal engraved lines encircling the vessel 

 just below the neck, with a series of small, closely spaced triangles 

 pendent from the bottom line. The triangles are placed with apexes 

 pointing downward, and their interiors are either excised or rough- 

 ened with closely spaced scratches. The simple design is reminiscent 

 of the type Hickory Engraved of the Alto, Spiro, and Haley Foci 

 (Newell and Krieger, 1949, pp. 90-91), but shape and general execu- 

 tion are different from Hickory.* 



♦AnTHOR'a NOTE. Webb (1959, figs. 75, 77, 115, 116, and 122) Illustrates several bottles 

 from the Belcher Site that are similar In size, shape, and paste to Higgins. Some are 

 plain, and some have a series of horizontal engraved lines (but no pendent triangles) Just 

 below the neck. The plain specimens are identified as Smithport Plain, the engraved ones 

 as Hickory Engraved. 



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