100 BUREAU OF AMERICAN ETHNOLOGY [Bull. 189 



cantly from that observed of the pottery relating to the major occupation of 

 the site by the Demery Component. Since most of the Woodland pottery from 

 North Dakota appears to be sand-tempered (Wood, 1962 a) there seems no 

 good reason to attribute this pottery to a Woodland occupation of the site. 

 Perhaps the nearer aflBliations of this pottery may be found in the Campbell 

 Creek types, defined at the Talking Crow site (Smith, 1951, pp. 37-39). A 

 major distinction between the Demery pottery and the Campbell Creek types 

 is the presence of a clearly defined rim-shoulder juncture on most of the 

 Campbell Creek pottery, and the lack of such a juncture on the Demery vessels 

 6. Fort Rice Coed-Impeessed (pi. 11, dr-h, j-l). 

 Sample : 79 vessels. 

 Surface finish : The shoulders are vertically simple-stamped and are smoothed 



Lips, rims, necks, and interiors are horizontally smoothed. 

 Decoration : 



Lip: On 6 vessels the lip is obliquely tool-impressed; on one it is obliquely 



cord-impressed ; the remaining lips are plain. 

 Rim: Horizontally applied cord-impressed lines alternate with curvilinear 

 or triangular elements. From 2 to 8 horizontal lines occur, most vessels 

 having 5 or 6 lines. In the 16 examples of triangular elements, the 

 center of the triangle is plain. At the apex of each triangle is a raised 

 tab (pi. 11, f-g) ; a single exception in which the tab is absent occurred 

 on a curvilinear element, or "rainbow." Ten curvilinear designs were 

 applied over a small applique node on the mid-rim ; if a wholly restored 

 vessel rim is typical (fig. 15, 6), four nodes occurred on each vessel. A 

 horizontal series of punctates occurs on the lower rim of two vessels (pi. 

 11, d). Three vessels, decorated with cord- wrapped stick impressions, are 

 otherwise similar to the above specimens (pi. 11, 1). 

 Shoulder: The shoulder of only one vessel is decorated. The pattern con- 

 sists of a complex rectilinear design (fig. 15, 6) bordered by oblique 

 punctates. 

 Form : 



Lip: Predominantly flat, with a few rounded examples. 



Rim: Eight forms were observed, of which six are recurved, including rim 



forms L-Q (fig. 13). Two rims, of forms V and W, are somewhat more 



angular and might be termed collared. Rims range from 30 to 60 mm. 



in height, and are 4 to 7 mm. thick. 



Neck: Constricted to varying degrees and, except for rim form N, they 



join the shoulder in a smooth curve. 

 Body: Apparently globular, with round bottoms. 



Size: The orifice of the reconstructed rim (fig. 15, 6) measures 152X156 

 mm. Since the rim was badly shattered, the difference between the two 

 measurements need not be Interpreted that the vessel mouth was oval. 

 The projected arcs of three large rim sherds indicated mouths between 182 

 and 250 mm. in diameter. 

 Appendages: There are no handles; nodes are discussed above, under 

 decoration. 

 Comments: These rims are similar to the type Fort Yates Cord-Impressed 

 from the Paul Brave site (Wood and Woolworth, 1964, pi. 5; Hewes, 

 1949, pp. 05-66), but they differ in the conformation of the rim, the pres- 

 ence of the appliqued nodes, and the smaller cords used to impress the 

 design. Fort Yates Cord-Impressed rims have a wedge-shaped cross sec- 

 tion due to a thickening near the rim base ; only two rims from Demery are 

 so thickened. The type Fort Rice Cord-Impressed, described from the Huff 



