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Certain of these vessels Lad a complicated stamp decoration more or less fnint 

 and one, encircling rows made up of oblong imprints about .75 of an inch in kngth. 

 One had decoration of crimson paint interiorly while others were undecorated. All 

 whose condition allowed determination were noted as having the usual basal per- 

 foration, with the exception of a small jar of coarse ware. Certain sherds had cir- 

 cular punctate decoration and one had scroll work deeply incised (Fig. 28). 



Fig. 29. — Vessel of earthenware. Smaller niouud near 

 Burnt Mill Creek. (Half size.) 



Fig. 30. — Vessel of earthenware. Smaller mound 

 near Burnt Mill Creek. (Half size.) 



Of vessels found outside the usual run, one undecorated, and of fairly thick 

 ware, is boat-shaped with projections at the extremities. 



A vessel of about 1 quart capacity has a spherical body with elongated base. 

 Below the rim is an incised line. There have been four small projections, like rudi- 

 mentary handles, one on each side a little below the rim, two of which are missing. 

 The decoration is incised and punctate (Fig. 29). 



Fig. 30 shows a vessel of about 1 pint capa- 

 city, with decoration made with an implement 

 though such decoration is often considered cord- 

 marked. 



A sherd with complicated stamp is shown in 



Fig. 31. 



Among the farthest in was a bowl of fairly 

 good ware which pressure of sand had split. This 

 bowl, which lay on its base, still kept an upright 

 position. Standing in the bowl and to a certain 

 extent protected by it, was a rude effigy-vessel of 

 yellow ware, representing a male figure, shown in 

 two positions in Figs. 32, 33. The lower part is wanting through the usual basal 

 mutilation. Present height, 7.5 inches; maximum width, 4.4 inches. 



A broken arrowhead or knife, of chert, lay unassociated in the sand. 



Fig. 31. — Sherd. Smaller mound near Burnt 

 Mill Creek. (Half size.) 



