pip. No!' 25]' JOHN H. KERR RESERVOIR BASIN — MILLER 145 



Surface finish : 



Modiflcations: 



Exteriors: Same as Hyco Simple Stamped. 



Decoration: Entire exterior surface was treated with a comblike tool 

 with dull pointed teeth regularly spaced, imparting a series of parallel 

 grooves that varied from faint impressions to those with a depth of 

 around 2 mm. 



Design: No attempt was made at designing. Strokes varied in all directions 

 as though the person only attempted to score the exterior surface of 

 the vessel. 



Distribution: Mostly confined to the exteriors but in a number of vessels 

 the interiors were also treated in similar fashion. 

 Form: 



Rims: Same as Hyco Cord-Wrapped Paddle, 



Li2)s: Same as Hyco Cord-Wrapped Paddle. 



Body: Mostly ollas but some bowls; all resembling those of Hyco Cord- 

 Wrapped Paddle. 



Shapes: Same as Hyco Cord- Wrapped Paddle. 



Hyco Fabric-Marked resembles Baumer with the exception that in 

 the former the bases tend to run more to conoidal rather than to the 

 flat base of the type. Exterior surface treatment has been brought 

 about by impressing a plain plaited fabric or textile upon it. This 

 ware is probably one of the first types of pottery made by peoples of 

 the Transitional Archaic-Early Woodland times. 



It is not only the major ware but it accounts for the greatest per- 

 centage of sherds in the collection from this site. In earlier literature 

 this ware has been called "cord-wrapped-dowel," "cord-wrapped 

 stick," as well as "fabric-marked." The latter is more definitive and 

 truly characterizes the type of impression. 



The twined fabrics which were used display various degrees of 

 fineness in that the woof elements range from a fairly coarse thread 

 or string to one approximating the thickness of a fine cotton string 

 of the present day, while the weft elements are nearly always rather 

 thick or coarse. In some specimens the woof elements are very close 

 together, while in others they are loosely applied. 



The term "cord-wrapped-paddle" refers to a surface treated by 

 means of a paddle or hand wrapped with a series of cords, either close- 

 ly or widely spaced, creating either a regular patterning or one in 

 which there is no overlapping; or a poorly defined, haphazard pat- 

 tern as the result of careless winding, and the repeated application 

 resulting in partial obliteration of the elements. 



Ritchie and MacNeish's (1949, p. 100) description of their Vinette 

 I pottery type in the early Point Peninsula Series approximates the 

 main early pottery type in the Hyco Series of the Buggs Island area. 

 Tempering is identical ; so are textures and colors. The exterior fabric- 



