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conoidal or subconoidal base. Molded dippers seemed to have ap- 

 peared in the late phase of Early Woodland and continued somewhat 

 into the ^Middle Woodland. Miniature dippers have been found in 

 Late Woodland sites. 



The ubiquitous Woodland olla with its conoidal or subconoidal 

 base, gently swelling body, slightly constricted neck and vertical 

 or moderately excurvate rim surmounted by a simple rounded or flat 

 lip, which is either untreated or ticked with a nmnber of parallel lines 

 usually along the exterior margin, readily accounts for 60 percent of 

 all the forms used through the basin. As a ride the rims are plain. 

 Overall height varies from 30 cm. to TO cm. 



CLASSIFICATION OF POTTERY 



An early attempt was made to sort out all the various types of 

 tempering materials used that might give some indication as to rel- 

 ative age, for in the past it was determined that various types of 

 aplastics corresponded to decided age differences; so a macroscopic 

 examination was made of all the sherd material. Instead of a number 

 of different forms, only a single aplastic, viz, sand, was found. These 

 sand particles varied in diameter from very fine in the earliest of the 

 wares, to medium fine and bordering on coarse in the later wares. 



The writer later determined that there was a definite correlation be- 

 tween the texture of the paste and the type of aplastic utilized. The 

 finer the aplastic the more homogeneous the paste, and the coarser 

 the aplastic the more contorted the paste. The finer homogeneous 

 paste was always correlated with a very thin orange to brick-red 

 colored ware, while the contorted paste was always associated with the 

 thicker, sandier, ware, which is black to gray to brown in color. 



After these diagnostics were determined and tested repeatedly, my 

 attention was diverted toward a study of the various exterior surface 

 treatments. In the early wares, grouped into the Hyco Series, the ex- 

 terior surface treatments were plain, fabric-marked, and net-im- 

 pressed. In the later wares of the Clarksville Series were found not 

 only the first two of the early series but several others which will be 

 discussed under the Clarksville Series. 



From our present study it was determined that Hyco Plain was 

 the first ware to be manufactured at this site and it only persisted for 

 a very short time before it was supplanted by Hyco Cord- Wrapped 

 Paddle. The latter occurred on a similar paste and is only distin- 

 guished from the former in the application of a cord- wrapped hand 

 or paddle treatment. Occasionally, this same surface treatment was 

 applied not only to the exterior of the vessel but it was carried over 

 onto the lip area as well, and sometimes a short distance into the 

 throat area of the vessel. Whether these two treatments should be 



