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Table III (Continued) 
Traits 
New 
Madrid 
Focus 
Kincaid 
Mat- 
Focus 
thews, 
Kincaid, 
Mo. 
III 
Gordon 
Focus NE-ARK 
Wick- Focus 
liffe, Pecan Ft. 
Ky. Ark, 
IV. CERMAMIC DETERMINANTS 
) Coarse shell tempered 
ware x x x x 
b) Fine shell tempered 
ware x x x? x 
c) Plain grit tempered ware x x x? x? 
d) Cord impressed grit- 
tempered ware x x ? x ? 
e) Clay tempered ware x x ? ? 
f) Water bottles x x x x 
? " ^7 ? 
g) Juice press jars 
h) Salt pans x x? x 
i) Effigy ware-relief, head, 
flange . x x x x 
a) Small finely chipped iso- 
sceles projectile points x 
b) Small finely chipped 
notched stem points x 
c) Large bell-shaped 
chipped hoes x 
d) Chisel celts, chipped x 
e) Straight drills ^ x 
f ) Antler projectile points x 
g) Blunt bone cylinders x 
h) Unpolished discoidals x 
i) Split bone needles x 
j) Engraved shell orna- 
ments X 
k) Cannel coal ornament x 
1) Galena coal ornament x 
m) Astragalus artifact x x 
TOTALS 
X? 
k) Scalloped rim vessels x x x 
1) Relief decorations x x? x x 
m) Four-handled vessels x ? x ? 
? X X? 
X 
n) Figurines x 
o) Trowels x x x 
p) Spindle whorls x x x x 
q) Discs X . X? X x? 
r) Elbow pipes x x? x? x 
s) Mushroom-shaped ear 
plugs X X? X? X 
TOTALS 19 17-2? 18-1? 14-5? 
V, ARTIFACT DETERMINANTS 
X 
X 
X? 
X? 
X? 
X? 
X? 
X 
X? 
X 
X? 
X 
X? 
X 
7 
m 
X? 
X 
7 
m 
• 
X? 
X 
X? 
* 
X? 
X? 
X? 
X 
7 
X 
X? 
X? 
X 
X? 
X? 
7 
? 
? X X 
I3 1^2? 13 8-5? 
*X means trait present; x? means trait probably present; ? means 
trait unknown; means trait absent 
