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but Feature No. 17 was in a good state of preservation. Present 

 remains of the structure pattern are shown in plate 73, b. 



In the extreme northeast corner of the area excavated a single 

 burial was encountered. It was that of a child. The preservation 

 of the bone was good but the skull was crushed. The body had been 

 fully flexed and had been placed in a pit 11 inches by 21 inches, 15 

 inches below the surface of the hardpan. The body was laid on 

 the right side with head to the northeast. The pit was filled with 

 soil mixed with ashes, which was in marked contrast to the red clay 

 hardpan in which the pit was dug. There were no artifacts present 



As the result of the large amount of general excavation on this 

 site a considerable quantity of material was recovered. 



Pottery 



This village site yielded a large amount of potsherds in a good 

 state of preservation. They exhibit a wide range of form. The 

 pottery was all taken from general trenching in the village; none 

 was associated with any burials. 



Since the village midden in some places was deeper than the plow 

 line, many large sherds were found and in some cases nearly all 

 of the component parts of large vessels were found in close associa- 

 tion. Many of these groups of sherds were sufficiently complete to 

 make restoration of the vessels possible. From the circumstances 

 of the findings it was believed that a portion of this pottery was 

 representative of types in use at the time the village was abandoned. 

 Drawing restorations of selected sherds are shown in figures 50 to 

 55, inclusive. 



Without attempting a detailed classification of this large body of 

 sherds, it is at once apparent that certain types were definitely 

 abundant on this site. Cord-paddle-marked and textile-impressed 

 sherds were about equally abundant here. Plate 75, a, illustrates the 

 type of cord-marked ware. The shell content is coarse, as shown in 

 the upper left-hand of plate 75, a, and constitutes from 25 to 60 per- 

 cent of the total. The variation in surface finish is due to difference 

 in size of cord and variation in wrapping of cord on the paddle. 

 It occassionally happened that the cord impression was smoothed 

 over while the vessel was still plastic. The majority of these sherds 

 indicate large vessels, many of them as large as 16 inches in diameter. 



Two types of distinctive rim decoration were definitely associated 

 with cord-paddled ware on this site. One of these consists of regu- 

 lar flutings, as shown in plate 76, a. Another rim modification of 

 cord-paddled ware is shown in plate 76, b. This consists of the rim 

 being elevated and drawn out to a point. There was a definite 

 tendency to render the mouth of the vessel square, leaving four ele- 



