pip ^o' 2^5"/' JOHN H. KERR RESERVOIR BASIN — MILLER 253 



smoker used the pipe he would break off a small section of stem to 

 assure a clean bit. In this way the stem was gradually reduced in 

 length until it was far too short to smoke comfortably without burn- 

 ing the lips of the smoker, ^^len a pipe had its stem reduced to 

 this state it was no longer useful and hence it was discarded. 



Among the white man's pipes are those manufactured in molds and 

 burned to a dull orange-hued red. These pipes were made so that a 

 wooden or a cane stem must be inserted into the short clay stem so 

 that they could be smoked. On the stem of this particular specimen 

 a word was impressed into the clay before it was fired. I can make 

 out the first letter "H"; then there are a couple of blurred letters 

 which, in turn, are followed by four distinct letters "cinn." "WHiether 

 this is supposed to indicate the maker's mark or the locality of the 

 pipemakers is not known. 



The stem portion measures 1 inch along the top of the stem, which 

 joins the bowl at almost a right angle. It is octagonal in cross section. 

 The hole at the bit end of the stem measures ^ of an inch in diameter 

 and as it enters the bowl section it tapers down until it terminates 

 with an opening %2 of an inch in diameter where it enters the base 

 of the bowl. 



All pipes are of the late 18th century. 



A little over a half of a clay doorknob was found. The paste 

 used in the knob is variegated, ranging in color from a brick red to a 

 tan, which brought about the mixture of two separate types and colors 

 of paste loosely mixed. The clay was placed into a two-sectioned mold 

 as indicated by the mold line around the rim of the knob. It was then 

 fired and later smoothed, but not sufficiently to remove all traces of 

 the mold. Next it was given a coating of a brownish glaze which 

 intensified the variegated clays underneath. Later an iron shank was 

 inserted into the clay knob and a lead seal was used to weld the two 

 together. 



TRAIT LIST or SITE 44Ha6 



Subsistence activity : 

 Collecting Complex: 



Collecting wild nuts, berries, and grass seeds 

 Hunting and fishing complex: 



Deer, elk, bear, raccoon, opossum, rabbit, turkey, waterfowl, foxes, 



squirrel, etc. 

 Fish 

 Shellfish 

 Domestic dog 

 Community plan activity : 



Village location and plan complex: 

 Village located on island 

 Village located near stream 

 Village located on high point of island 

 Deep midden 



