178 ABORIGINAL POTTERY OF EASTERN UNITED STATES [kth.ann.20 



characteristic of Florida, (ieoryia. and ])arts of the Carolinas. It 

 would seem that, if no mistake has hccii made in tlic identity of the 

 sherds, colonists or visitors from the far south must have dwelt on 

 the site long enough to engage in the practice of the potter's art. 



Aside from these specimens, all the \arieties of ware observed cor- 

 respond verj' closely with thos(> of the Trenton sites and with the 

 typical tidewater Algon(|uian forms of th(> lower Delaware and Chesa- 

 peake regions. Higher up the Delaware we encounter vessels 

 approaching the Iroquoian type, and Hnally. in the upper valleys, the 

 ordinary Iroquoian wares prevail. It is stated hy Mr Ernest Yolk, and 

 confirmed liy Mr ^Mercer, that there were two successive occupations 

 of some of the Delaware valley sites, and it is surmised from various 

 reasons, one of which is the scarcity of pottery at the lower level, 

 that a consideral)le period elapsed between the first and second occu- 

 pations; but as these villages were situated on land sul)ject to inun- 

 dation, the change from the lower to the higher le\cl may have been 

 brought about in a single season. The greater muul)er of relics in the 

 upper deposits may have been due to longer occujiation or to more 

 thorough protection from floods. If there are pronount'cd dirt'erences 

 in art, methods of burial, materials used, etc.. it is cjuite as reasonal)le 

 to suppose that the peoples changed as it is to assume that a jKn-iod 

 of such duration passed between the successive occupations that 

 decided advances in culture status were made. It is a signiticant 

 fact that, though there is less earthenware in the lower than in the 

 upper deposits, there is no perceptible diflerence in the make. There 

 appears, therefore, to be no sufficient reason for supposing that the 

 earlier occupation of the valley, as shadowed forth in these remains, 

 extends far back toward glacial times, or tliat the people in either case 

 were other than the Algonciuian inhal)itaiits found in the [Delaware 

 valley l)y William Penn. 



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The ware of the region of New York bay. Long island, Connecti- 

 cut, and Rhode Island indicates a closer affiliation of the makers with 

 the Iroquoian potters than existed between the latter and the more 

 southern Algonquians. A good illustration of the ware of the Kew 

 York region is given in plate clix A. A similar specimen, found 

 at Farming-ton, Connecticut, is illustrated in an article on Connecti- 

 cut archeology by James Shepherd, published in the New England 

 Magazine, 1S!>:3. If we judge by the examples of this ware known to 

 me. the restoration given by Mr Shepherd makes the vessel too short 

 in the body and without the usual conic tendency of the base. The 

 indented designs in these specimens resemble a prevailing Iroquoian 



treatment. 



The same ware is found thiouyhout Massachusetts, and 1 have had 



