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surface finish. There were very few rim sherds present, and for that 

 reason the analysis had to be based on body sherds. The tempering 

 material in every case was grit or crushed rock. In the majority of 

 the sherds this consisted of limestone. Upon examining the limestone 

 pieces in the pottery it was noticed that in some sherds very small 

 shells were present and these shells were tentatively identified by Dr. 

 G. M. Ehlers 2 as being Zygospira sp. (?) from Ordovician limestone. 

 Other rocks that were broken up to be used as tempering material 

 were slates and crystalline rocks. 



The first type at this site is tooled or malleated on the exterior sur- 

 face with a cord- wrapped paddle. See Chart I and plate 13, a, the 

 sherd in the upper right-hand corner. This group has the highest 

 percentage of grit material other than limestone, as only 6 out of 21 

 sherds have limestone used as tempering material. The surface hard- 

 ness ranges from 2 to 4, with the majority of the sherds having a hard- 

 ness of 2.5. The texture of this group is predominantly medium to 

 medium coarse. Approximately one-third of the volume of the paste 

 is made up of the tempering material. Discoloration of the exterior 

 or interior surfaces occurs on about one-third of the sherds. The 

 predominant exterior colors are brownish gray, gray, and grayish tan. 

 It is very difficult to accurately identify the predominant color of a 

 group of sherds, or even of one sherd, when there is such a great vari- 

 ation as appears on the pottery of eastern United States. However, 

 an approximation can be given. On many of the sherds there is a 

 noticeable line of demarcation between the less completely fired in- 

 terior paste and the outer and inner surfaces. 



The distinguishing character of this group is the cord-wrapped 

 paddling on the exterior surface. These markings are usually paral- 

 lel to each other and usually at right angles to the lip of the vessel. 

 On vessels of this type the markings become less perpendicular as the 

 base is approached. In that area there is apt to be considerable cross 

 stroking and consequently a lack of definiteness in many of the im- 

 pressions. The cords all appear to be of the close-rope variety and 

 are close together. There is little or no evidence of smoothing sub- 

 sequent to the malleating. 



There are only three small rim pieces belonging to this type in the 

 Ceramic Kepository. They are straight and have the cord-wrapped 

 paddling continuing up to the lip. One of these has cord markings 

 on the lip but none of the sherds have cord markings on the interior 

 surface. The lips are somewhat flattened and slightly narrower than 

 the rim immediately below the lip. The interior surfaces have been 

 smoothed and usually very fine parallel, horizontal striations can be 

 seen. 



Curator of Paleezoic Invertebrates, Museum of Paleontology, University of Michigan. 



