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Figure 24. — Early Woodland jar shape. 



Decoration, when present, consists of a series of short, parallel, in- 

 cised lines or pinched nodes at the base of the neck on the larger oUas 

 (pi. 43 ) . On miniature ollas this consists of zones of punctations with 

 or without delimiting lines incised or traced around the neck sections. 



Bowls. — Bowls are of two general shapes: either modified hemi- 

 spherical or carinated (pis. 57, 58). Both have direct rims, slightly 

 flaring sides, and terminate in a subconoidal or rounded base. A nmn- 

 ber of aberrant forms are present, represented by single specimens. 

 The first is a flat-based bowl (pi. 45) , similar to those having slightly 

 excurvato flaring sides terminating in a rounded lip, reported from 

 Raccoon Point site in New Jersey (communications with Mr. L. T. 

 Alexander, 1955), as the earliest type appearing at the end of the 

 Archaic and the beginning of Woodland during the Transitional 

 period. Another form is a globular-shaped bowl whose rim curves 

 sharpl}'' inward to form a slightly constricted oriface terminating 

 with a rounded lip. Both forms were initially fabric-marked, but 

 parts of the pattern were subsequently obliterated. Then, there are 

 two instances of a small, deep, wnde-mouthcd bowl having vertical 

 pierced lugs for handles at opposite sides. These are reminiscent of 

 those found at the Baum Component of Fort Ancient (Griffin, 1943, 

 pi. 1 ; my pi. 59) and the Feurt site (Mills, 1917, p. 363) , as well as the 



