15(1 AHOKKHNAL ]H)TTERV OF KASTERN IGNITED STATES [eth. ann 20 



L)i'f()rati(ii) was contiiird mostly to a zone al>out tlie rim, and con- 

 •sistpcl ill the main of cord imj)rcssioiis arranged in lines encircling the 

 ve.sscl, or urouped in various ways to form simple patterns. The 

 effect was varied, incases, hy series of indentations made by impress- 

 ing a sharply folded cord of larger size. Rim-sherd.s are shown ahout 

 one-half actual size in plate cxiJ>. The work was all, or nearly all, 

 done by the application of cords singly, the cord having been wrapped 

 about a wheel or some round surface so to be readily rolled back 

 and forth. The rim-margins are sinqily treat(>d. and are round or 

 squarish, and either plain or indented with an angular tool or a cord. 

 A few small ]iit'(i's bear marks made apparently )\v very neat stamps 

 of chevroned lines, possibly some animal or vege- 

 tal form. There are other markings too obscure 

 to be made out. It is evident that in cases a 

 tinelv ri1)])ed paddle was iis(>d. almost duplicating 

 the textile effects. 



Numerous fragments of the simplest form of 

 tuliular clay pipes have been found on this site. 

 The best .specimens are in collections made by Mr 

 W. H. Phillips, of Washington, and are illustrated 

 in ])lat(> cxT.u. 



DIS'rKlcr OF COI.V.MIilA WARK 



(ieiierally speaking, tlu' importiuit village sitgs 

 of t\w Potomac present a in-etty full range of the 

 two types of ware described above as the Popes 

 creek and the Potomac creek varieties, although 

 the latter may be said to predominate and to have 

 the iiR)re general distribution. It will be unneces- 

 sary to e.xamine othei- localities in detail, but, on 

 account of local and national interest in the his- 

 toiy of the site of the <'apital city, reference ma}' 

 be made to ceramic remains from the ancient vil- 

 lage sites now occupied by the city of AVashington. 

 When the English first ascended the Potomac they found a small com- 

 iminity of the natives occupying the terraces on the south side of the 

 Anacostia river or Eastern branch, near its junction with the Potomac. 

 Archeologists now find that the occupation was very general in the 

 vicinity, and that relics of stone and clay utensils occur on nearly e\-ery 

 available spot along the shori's of both ri\('rs. within as well as above 

 and below the city limits. 



The ceramic remains of these sites, as turned up by the plow and 

 exposed by erosion and city improvements, are wholly fragmeiital. 

 but restorations are readilv made, and a few illustrations will ser\-e to 



Fig. til— Kudu uarthunwarc 

 lijrurino, Potomac viillcy 

 (Philliii>i ivilluctioii I. 



