pLp. ^o^." 347' DEMERY SITE — WOOLWORTH AND WOOD 101 



site (Wood, MS. a) is more nearly like the Demery pottery. There are only 

 minor differences between the Huff pottery and that from Demery, prin- 

 cipally in such matters as the number of cord-impressed lines and the 

 degree of rim curvature. This pottery group is, therefore, tentatively 

 identified as Fort Rice Cord-Impressed. 



7. FoET Rice Trailed (pi. 12, e-h, j-^n) . 

 Sample : 132 vessels. 



SuBFACE FINISH : Shoulders are vertically or obliquely simple-stamped and 

 partly smoothed. Necks and rims are horizontally smoothed, although traces 

 of vertical stamps are often visible under the rim designs. 

 Decoration : 



Lip: The 128 rims with clear evidence of design include 45 with oblique 

 tool impressions ; 10 with transverse tool impressions ; and 3 with punctates. 

 The other 70 lips are plain. 

 Rim: The rim is horizontally incised or trailed with 2 to 11 lines. 

 Of the 72 rims carrying complete series, 57 have 4 to 7 lines. Nine 

 rims have stab-and-drag lines (pi. 12, h) either alone or in combination 

 with incised lines. Triangular elements interrupting the horizontal lines 

 occur on 28 rims (pi. 12, fc-m). On 22 of these rims the apex of the 

 triangle is near a small applique node or a rim projection. 

 Shoulder: The shoulders of two vessels are embellished with incised patterns 

 consisting of alternating chevrons and horizontal and vertical lines 

 bordered by oblique lines (fig. 14, d). 

 Form: 



Lip: Predominantly flat, although a few plain rims are rounded. 

 Rim: Gently curving recurved rims of nearly constant thickness from the 

 lip to the shoulder include rim forms L-P, and R (fig. 13). A few rims 

 thicken toward the base of the design area, and are more aptly termed 

 collared. The latter rims include forms T-V (fig. 13). Height ranges 

 from 35 to 65 mm., averaging about 45 mm. ; thickness, from 4 to 9 mm., 

 averaging about 5 mm. 

 Neck: Constricted, 

 Shoulder: Most of the shoulders are at about a 45-degree angle from the 



vertical, although a few were more nearly horizontal. 

 Size: The projected arcs of several large rim sherds indicate vessel mouths 



of 227 and 253 mm. 



Appendages: Applique nodes applied to the mid-rim were on 9 vessels, and 



applique or pinched-out lugs or rim projections occur on 28 vessels. A 



few of the applique nodes on the mid-rim bear central, vertical punctates. 



Comments : The group of rims is related to the flaring rims with horizontally 



incised lines (Group 2). The latter group, however, lacks nodes applied to 



the mid-rim. The nearer affiliation of this pottery is with the type Fort Rice 



Trailed from the Huff site (Wood, MS. a). The only difference between the 



Huff pottery and that from Demery is the lack of collared rims at Huff' (they 



are rare in Demery) and the smaller number of horizontal lines in the rim 



design at Huff. This pottery group is accordingly tentatively identified as 



'Fort Rice Trailed. 



8. Recurved Rims, Horizontallt Incised and Pinched/Punctated (pi. 10, 

 a-c). 



Sample: 23 vessels. 



Sltifacb finish : The interior and the extcriGr rim and the neck are hori- 

 zontally smoothed. 



