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crustations are sometimes 5 millimeters thick. In thickness the 

 pottery varies from 2 millimeters to 2 centimeters in some frag- 

 ments. In capacity the vessels range from 5 cubic centimeters in 

 the toy forms found in grave LI, pit 96, to 5 quarts, 4700 cubic 

 centimeters. 



The general type of the vessels is Iroquoian but as has been else- 

 where stated they differ in many respects from the central New- 

 York specimens of the middle 17th century as well as from Erie 

 vessels of that period. 



A large percentage of the pots have one raised point that varies 

 from a small knob to a well developed pitcherhke nose. Pots of 

 this type are found in Ontario and Jefferson counties. The form 

 of one of these pots is shown in text figure 22 which gives the 

 shape at different positions. Another characteristic of the pots 



Fig. 22 Three views of pot F 476 



from this site is the row of dots that encircles the pot where the 

 belly meets the neck. Cushing's theory that pots with square tops 

 and line decorations about the rim were modeled after bark baskets 

 appears strengthened by some of the forms which had not only 

 decorated square tops but had the stitching imitated by the dots 

 around the neck, as appears on the bark baskets to which Gushing 

 referred. 



Pottery clay in masses, tempered and partly worked, was found 

 in a number of the ash pits. Some of these partially worked 

 masses of clay even yet show the imprints of the potter's fingers 

 [see pi. 25, fig. I, 2]. One fragment of a coil was found in an ash 

 pit where it had become hardened and preserved [see pi. 25, fig 3]. 

 Several crude partly formed pipe bowls and pot bottoms were found, 

 possibly the work of children [see pi. 25, fig. 5, 6]. Most of the 

 pots have smooth surfaces although many were found marked with 



