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other groups at the two sites except Type II at this site. The range 

 is from 0.7 cm to 1.4 cm, with the usual thickness being between 0.8 

 cm and 1 cm. None of the sherds in this group at the Ceramic 

 Repository have a lip, but the rim sherd photographed appears to be 

 straight and has a rounded and slightly everted lip. 



The sherds that were grouped together under Type II at Site No. 

 12 are quite distinct in regard to their surface treatment from any of 

 the pottery present at Site No. 3. The tempering material is crushed 

 limestone but the proportion of grog to clay is low and the texture 

 of the group is the finest at the two sites. Almost 65 percent of the 

 sherds are of medium fine texture and the remaining 35 percent are 

 all medium. This type is also the softest of any of the ones found 

 at the cave sites, as 94 percent of the sherds can be scratched with the 

 fingernail; in other words, 2-2.5; and the other 6 percent are 2.5. 

 There is less discoloration from smoke blackening than on any other 

 group, as only nine sherds are so blackened on the interior and but 

 one on the exterior. 



I have not been able to get a clear impression on plastic clay of the 

 nature of the fabric that was pressed against the vessel while the 

 clay was still soft. It appears to have been made by a weave with a 

 fairly close warp and was pressed against the pot a number of times 

 and from different angles. The softness of this group has further 

 interfered with securing an accurate reproduction of the fabric. 

 The nearest approach to this type of ware that I am cognizant of in 

 the literature is figured on plate 28 of W. H. Claflin's report on the 

 Stallings Island Mound, Columbia County, Georgia. 3 In the final 

 discussion of these two sites I shall devote more space to this and 

 other resemblances between the two groups (pi. 152). 



There are three rim sherds bearing lips in this group and all are 

 narrowed and rounded. This accounts for the fact that the thick- 

 ness ranges from 0.4 cm to 1.4 cm. Many of the sherds are a little- 

 over 1 cm in thickness, and this group is the thickest at the two sites. 

 It is possible that all of the 28 sherds may belong to one vessel, but 

 they do not fit together. 



The pottery that has been considered as Type III is analogous 

 to the same type at Site No. 3. The grit temper is predominantly 

 limestone with only five sherds having crystalline aplastic. The tex- 

 ture of this group is the coarsest at the site, as 80 percent of the 

 sherds are medium to coarse. There is also a high proportion of 

 tempering material to clay. Eighteen of the interior surfaces and 

 but three of the exterior have been discolored by blackening. 

 The colors range from a light yellowish tan to a smoky gray. Some 

 of the sherds are reddish to chocolate brown. 



3 Claflin, 1931. 



