45G COLLECTIONS OF 1881. 



(iL'77.">. Fragment of a stone disk or wheel that has lines cut upon it 

 resembling in arrangement the grooves of an ordinary mill- 

 stone. Diameter, G inches; thickness, 2 inches. This is 

 probably not an aboriginal work. 



G31SC. A banner-stone of unusual shape, made of gray slate. The cut, 

 Fig. 133, represents this object three-fourths natural size. 



The perforation is one-half an inch iu diameter, and is quite 

 symmetrical. The entire surface is well polished. 



ARTICLES OF CLAY. 



A few specimens of potsherds were collected from the fields about 

 Sevierville. 



Most of these are identical in every way with the pottery of themound, 

 but three examples are of a totally different type. The material of these 

 is a fine sandy clay, tempered with a large percentage of finely pulverized 

 mica. 



The forms of the vessels cannot be made out. The outer surfaces 

 were ornamented by a stamped pattern of small square or lozenge- 

 shaped figures, a number of these together were apparently formed by 

 a single stamp. 



Among the fragments we have half a dozen disks, from 1 to 2 inches 

 iu diameter, worked from ordinary potsherds. A small rudely mod- 

 eled figure of a bird was also found with these fragments. There 

 were also masses of indurated clay, which seem to have been used for 

 chinking purposes. 



