EARTHENWARE OF THE NEW YORK ABORIGINES IO5 



grooves. Below the uppermost of these is a row of fine dots. Fig. 

 104 is part of a rim found northeast of Canajoharie. The upper 

 part has a row of inscribed chevrons, with horizontal grooves below. 

 The full fragment has also diagonal lines. Fig. 105 is from another 

 Mohawk fort of the same period, that near Fort Plain. It is , a 

 plain rim as far as elevation or expansion is concerned, and is orna- 

 mented with two Hnes of circular indentations, separated by a hori- 

 zontal groove. Fig. 106 is a fine rim of unusual character^ found 

 with 104. The undulating upper edge is deeply notched, and below 

 this are three grooves. Then comes a wide and thin projection, 

 with deep and graceful notches, forming a closely sinuous line. Fig. 

 107 is a rim from the fort near Cazenovia. It has two lines on the 

 top and is notched within and without. Outside is a thin and rather 

 broad projection, with an undulating edge. 



Fig. 108 is a rim found near Palatine Church, Montgomery 

 county. It is adorned with various grooves, and has a human figure 

 which has lost its head. The customary projection cuts ofif the legs 

 at the thighs. The hands and fingers are well defined, and there 

 are the usual cross bars. 



Fig. 109 is a rim from Rice's woods, north of Palatine Bridge. 

 It is ornamented with a row of long- and vertical ellipses, with 

 broader ones at the projection. Fig. no is an angular rim from 

 Jefiferson county. The principal ornaments are broad grooves, 

 whose cross divisions suggest the impress of a row of corn, but they 

 are uneven^ and sometimes irregularly curved. The style is bold 

 rather than elegant. Fig. 1 1 1 is from the same county, as might be 

 inferred from the three rings in the usual position. On either 

 side of these are nearly vertical but curving grooves, and there are 

 notches on the edge of the projection. Fig. 112 is from Montgom- 

 ery county, north of Palatine Bridge, and has the chevron pattern 

 just below the rim, but this is indented in a different way from the 

 other example given. There are broad horizontal and diagonal 

 grooves, and the base is deeply notched. 



Fig. 113 and the next three are Seneca vessels, all from West 

 Bloomfield^ and much reduced. This one is broad, and the rather 

 narrow projecting rim has notched edges, and two parallel lines on 



