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of this hard clay. Plow disturbance was evident to a depth of 0.5 

 foot. The only artifact recovered in the first pit was a cupstone, 

 which appeared at a depth of 1.1 feet in the northwest corner of the 

 square. In the second pit an occupation level was reached at a depth 

 of 1.0 foot and continued to a depth of 1.5 feet. It contained a flake 

 scraper and numerous small chips. 



SPECIMEN DESCRIPTIONS 



Rim sherd. — Only one rim sherd was recovered from this site (pi. 

 52, &'). It is, however, a rather unusual specimen, since it seems to 

 have come from a bowl-shaped vessel. The sherd is cord marked on 

 the outer surface, smooth on the inner. It is grit tempered, with a 

 light-gray interior and buff exterior. It is 7 mm, in thickness. The 

 upper surface of the lip and the outer rim, for a distance of 12 mm. 

 below the lip, are decorated with diagonal cord marking. Below 

 this, the cord marking is vertical. At a distance of 18 mm. below the 

 lip edge, there is a very pronounced shoulder. Although rather atypi- 

 cal, this sherd seems to be identifiable as of Aksarben origin. 



Body sherds. — Seven cord-marked body sherds and five smoothed 

 body sherds were recovered. The cord-marked body sherds are all 

 of Aksarben types. They range in color from dark gray to orange- 

 buff, with gray interiors. Thickness ranges from 6 to 8 mm. (pi. 



52, c'). 



The smoothed sherds are also grit tempered, but the particles of 

 grit are much larger than in the cord-marked sherds. They vary 

 in surface color from reddish-gray to buff, and interiors are uni- 

 formly gray. Thicknesses vary from 5 to 9 mm. One of the sherds 

 bears a decoration of two fine, incised, parallel lines on its outer 

 surface (pi. 52, c?'). 



The smooth, undecorated sherds have been tentatively assigned 

 to the Geneseo Plain type (Wedel, 1949, p. 88). The incised sherd 

 fits no described type known to the writer, .although, like the Geneseo 

 sherds, it probably represents a late time period. The incised lines 

 on this sherd are reminiscent of those on sherds of the Oneota Aspect 

 (ca.A.D. 1600-1800). 



Projeetile points. — A total of 34 projectile points, sufficiently com- 

 plete to be classified, were recovered. These have been grouped into 

 six categories for descriptive purposes. 



The first style is represented by two incomplete specimens. These 

 are rather large, thick, leaf -shaped points, with only a slight indica- 

 tion of a shoulder. The first is made of a brown chert with white 

 inclusions. It measures 22 mm. in width, has a maximiun thickness 

 of 11 mm., and when complete was probably 64 mm. long (pi. 52, &). 

 The other point of this type, made of gray Flint Hills chert, has a 



