Klv. Bas. Sur. 

 Pap. No. 34] 



DEMERY SITE — WOOLWORTH AND WOOD 



105 



Four rim sherds are from the surface, and one each is from Feature 51 

 and Feature 55, irregularly shaped pits near House 5 ; sherds from 3 vessels 

 were in House 4. A number of fragments of one large vessel were In Feature 

 97, a large irregular pit in the south side of House 4, and a decorated body 

 sherd (flg. 16, /) was in the same pit. This sherd may be duplicated among 

 those from Paul Brave (Wood and Woolworth, 1964, fig. 1). One of the 

 center posts of House 4 was intrusive into the fill of this pit, providing evidence 

 that the pit was dug and filled before the house was built. This circumstance 

 suggests an occupation of the site by a group predating the occupation repre- 

 sented by the majority of excavated remains. This occupation, attributed to 

 the Thomas Riggs Focus, is presumed to predate the Demery Component. 



Table 2. — Probable number of vessels represented by theZrirrT sherd sample 



Number 

 of vessels 



Percent 



Demery Component 



1. Talking Crow Straight Rim 



2. Flaring rims, horizontally incised 



3. Flaring rims, obliquely incised 



4. Flaring rims, beveled or braced 



5. Flaring rims, cord-roughened 



6. Fort Rice Cord-Impressed 



7. Fort Rice Trailed 



8. Recurved rims, horizontally incised and pinched/ 



punctated 



9. Recurved rims, obliquely incised and pinched/ 



punctated 



10. Recurved rims, pinched in mid-rim 



1 1 . Recurved rims, plain 



1 2. Cord-impressed rim. Example A 



1 3. Cord-impressed rim. Example B 



14. Cord-impressed rim, Example C 



15. Cord-impressed rim, Example D 



Total 



Thomas Riggs Focus Component 



16. Riggs Cross-Hatched Rim 



17. Riggs Straight Rim 



Total 



483 

 476 



15 



105 



6 



79 

 132 



23 



12 

 3 



18 

 1 

 1 

 1 

 1 



1,35G 



13 



35. 6 



35. 1 



1. 1 



7.7 



.4 



5. 8 



9.7 



1. 7 



.9 

 . 2 

 1. 3 

 .07 

 . 07 

 .07 

 . 07 



99. 78 



30. 8 

 69. 2 



100.0 



CHIPPED STONE 



Pro jectile points (130 specimens) : 



The points in this sample are all essentially triangular in outline, 

 with straight to somewhat convex edges. They were made by the 

 careful removal of small pressure flakes from both faces, with a final 

 product having evenly flaked sides and a lenticular or biconvex cross 

 section. Three groups are distinguished on the basis of the shape of 

 the base and the presence or absence of side notches. Seventy-nine of 

 them are made from a light-gray chert, and twenty-two are made 

 from Knife Kiver flint (chalcedony). The remaining 29 specimens 



