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stone temper than does Site No. 3. There is a suggestion offered by 

 the few fossils found in the limestone that this form of grit probably 

 was obtained from rocks of different geological strata. The sherds 

 from Site No. 3 are harder and have a coarser texture than the ones 

 at Site No. 12. Both sites have a good percentage of sherds with 

 cord-wrapped paddling and with impressions of a textile made by a 

 simple weave. One of the significant differences between the sites 

 is that Site No. 12 has only three sherds with the grid squares stamped 

 on the surface, while 45 percent of the sherds at Site No. 3 have that 

 type of surface treatment. But if Site No. 12 has few stamped 

 sherds it has a type of paddled fabric impression, Type II at that 

 site, that is foreign to Site No. 3. 



Pottery that has been malleated with a cord- wrapped paddle is 

 very common in eastern United States and its use does not seem 

 particularly significant at present as a minor culture determinant. 

 Some of the sherds that I have grouped under this heading may have 

 obtained their surface finish from a grass-wrapped paddle. The ma- 

 jority of the sherds, however, even though all of the impressions 

 might not be distinct, showed the twist of a cord in some of the 

 depressions. If a cord-wrapped paddle is pulled across the plastic 

 surface of an unfired vessel instead of being rolled, it is impossible to 

 say with much certainty that the impression was made with cord or 

 grass. It has also been quite difficult to arrive at a definite conclu- 

 sion as to the exact nature of the weave represented on the sherds 

 grouped under Type III. The writer now leans to the opinion that 

 the majority of these impressions were made by plain plaiting of the 

 ''close" or "tapestry woven" variety. It is also possible that the fab- 

 rics were made by plain twining, with a close weft over a wide warp, 

 but the twining of the weft elements was not discernible. It is also 

 possible that some of the impressions may have been made by a small 

 stick around which a cord had been closely wound. This latter ex- 

 planation, however, I view as the least likely for the majority of the 

 sherds of Type III. 



The resemblance between Type II at Site No. 12 and pottery found 

 at the Stallings Island Mound has already been mentioned. Types 

 also present at Stallings that are found at the two cave sites under 

 discussion are the grilled, stamped ware, 4 the impression of a fabric 

 with simple plaited weave, 5 the brushed or combed surface treat- 

 ment, 6 and the small feet at one of the four corners of a pottery base. 7 



While these pottery types were associated with shell-tempered 

 wares at Stallings Island, a number of village sites south of Augusta 



4 Claflin, 1931, pi. 26, nos. 1 and 2. 



6 Claflin, 1931, pi. 27, nos. 1 and 2. 



8 Claflin, 1931, pi. 32, nos. 1, 2, and 8. 



7 Claflin, 1931, pi. 33. 



