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Figure 14. — Machine-made hinge fragments. 



or rotted away. This type of knife is typical of tlie time period of the 

 trading post. 



Iron scrap and blacksmith discards were among the miscellaneous 

 iron objects. Short blunt pieces showing chisel marks where they had 

 been cut from larger stock, sectioned bolts, sections of strap bands 

 with or without holes, cast-iron kettle fragments, and an occasional 

 small section of rods make up the collection. One section of a cast-iron 

 object, having the incomplete word ". . . pocasset . . ." imprinted 

 on the slightly excurvate surface, either came from an old stove or was 

 the lid of an old Dutch oven. None of the iron is very diagnostic of any 

 particular time period. 



TRAIT LIST OF THE HISTORIC ASPECT 



Community plan activity: 



Settlement on plateau accessible to river and plain alike 

 Basin-shaped firepits 

 Fire-hearth areas 

 Midden pits, frequent 

 Cache pits, absent 



Traces of log molds designating structural areas, rectangular In outline 

 Niobrara chalkstone fireplace footer 

 Technological and artistic activity: 

 China and earthenicare : 



Staffordshire ware of the period 1815-40 



Rockingham ware of period 1849 



Brown-glaze earthenware bottles 



Green-glaze earthenware crocks 



Brown-glaze earthenware crocks 



Porcelain ginger jar lid decorated with bands of light blue 



Porcelain buttons 

 Qlass: 



Trade beads of various sizes, shapes, and colors 



Window glass : 



Colorless — thin 

 Pale green — thick 



Vials, thin, colorless glass 



Bottles, olive-green color, assorted with rum or wine bottles 



Bottles, pale green, mold cast, with decorative raised designs 



