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a cord-wrapped paddle. Several smoothed paddlelike stones were 

 found in pits containing clay in masses and these are thought to be 

 potters paddles used for working over the surfaces of pots. All 

 have rounded ends and at least one squared side as if to form a blunt 

 scraping edge. One of these implements is shown in plate 25, figure 

 7. The serrated rib illustrated by text figure 23 may have been used 

 to roughen the surfaces of partly formed vessels to facilitate the 

 process of shaping the wall which was afterwards smoothed. 



Fig. 23 Serrated rib 



No entire pots were found with any trace of color decoration. 

 One sherd was found, however, which has two parallel bands of 

 brown running over a background of yellowish red. Whether this 

 is simply an accident or intentional is hard to determine as the sherd 

 is small. The lower band is well defined and seems to be inlaid into 

 the pottery [fig. 24] . One broken pot found in a grave had an ear 

 like some of the Ohio forms. These two potsherds were the only 

 departures from the usual Iroquoian forms found in the site and 

 suggest contact with other stocks. 



Fig. 24 S'herd 



Pottery pipes 



Of equal interest with the pottery vessels are the earthenware 

 pipes all of which were found in graves. More than a dozen frag- 

 ments however were found in ash and refuse pits. The clay pipes 

 are all Iroquoian in form and decoration and are similar to central 

 New York Iroquois pipes of the early part of the 17th century. 

 AH of the pipes are gracefully made and reveal an artistie hand. 



