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The only ceramic artifacts other than pottery vessels are four 

 pipe fragments. Three are of the long-stemmed, thin-walled form; 

 the other fragment is part of an elbow pipe in the Fulton Aspect 

 tradition. 



The principal resident types at the Sherwin Site seem to be, for 

 the most part, the same as at Knight's Bluff. They are Barkman 

 Engraved, Pease Brushed-Incised, Nash Neck Banded, and Baytown- 

 like. However, one of the common types at Knight's Bluil, Mc- 

 Kinney Plain, is only poorly represented (4 sherds) at Sherwin. 

 Otherwise there are no significant differences between relative quan- 

 tities of the principal types at Knight's Bluff and Sherwin (see 

 table 4), with the possible exception of Simms Engraved, whicli is 

 more common at Sherwin. Total number of sherds is so small, 

 however, that the difference may be of no great consequence. 



The one striking incongruity is the total absence of Nash Neck 

 Banded in Feature 1 at Sherwin (see table 3). Since the other 

 resident types are well represented in Feature 1, this omission is 

 disturbing and may indicate some restriction of Nash's distribution 

 within the compass of Texarkana Focus. The restriction may reflect 

 either temporal or cultural factors. 



NONCERAMIO 



Nonceramic artifacts were comparatively rare at the Sherwin Site. 

 Since most nonceramic forms are comparable to the Knight's Bluff 

 and Snipes specimens already described in this report, the descrip- 

 tions will not be repeated here. A few specimens with no counter- 

 parts at the other two sites, however, are described briefly below. 



An arrow point of widespread distribution in Texas is the Perdiz 

 type (pi. 11, 5&), an affiliate of the Central Texas Aspect, the Bravo 

 Valley Aspect, the Rockport Focus, the Wylie Focus, the Henrietta 

 Focus, the Galveston Bay Focus, and the Frankston Focus. It is a 

 thin point with prominent shoulders and frequently has sharp barbs. 

 Blade edges are sometimes serrated. The most striking feature is the 

 stem, which terminates in a sharp point at the base. 



One heavy side scraper (pi. 12, m) was found. It is of gray 

 quartzite, weighing about 1% pounds, and has been chipped along 

 one long side to form a scraping edge. One face is unchipped, flat, 

 and smooth, and the other face is steeply convex. The scraping edge is 

 not sharp, and may have been subjected to some battering. Tliis 

 implement is similar to specimens of the Edwards Plateau Aspect 

 in central Texas. 



At the neck of burial No. 3 was a conch shell pendant (pi. 14, Z). 

 In outline shape it closely resembles an owl, with the two suspension 

 holes in proper position for the eyes. A few incised lines would be 



