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Notched curvilinear bands of clay on outer rim of jars : 

 Site No. 19. 



This trait is uncommon, to my knowledge. 

 Human effigy faces: 

 Site no. 11. 



The type of effigy shown on plate 81, a, is limited to Site 11. Another 

 variety of human effigy appears on the last two sherds of the first row 

 of plate 118, a, and this variety is limited to Site 19. 

 Bird effigies on bowls : 

 Sites Nos. 11 and 9. 



This feature is fairly widespread in the Southeast and the absence of the 

 trait is almost more significant than its presence. It is much more com- 

 mon at Site 11 than at Site 9, where it is rare. 

 Frog effigy vessels : 

 Site No. 19. 



This type of effigy is widespread throughout the Southeast but occurs only 

 at this site in the Norris Basin. 

 Pottery discs: 



Sites Nos. 11 and 9. 



The limited distribution of this artifact is also rather unusual. 

 Steatite vessel fragments: 

 Sites Nos. 5 and 9. 



Harrington found this type of vessel in the graves of his Round Grave 

 people and none in his "Cherokee" deposits. 



The listing of the pottery determinants shows very clearly the re- 

 semblances and differences among the sites. The lists for the salt pans 

 and bowls can be considered as the pottery determinants for those 

 types of vessels. In a final chart I have attempted to group together 

 all of the traits present on the jar-shaped vessels. By comparing the 

 determinants of the valley sites with those listed for the cave sites 

 it will at once be seen that the two groups have very little in common 

 except that in both pottery is used as a container. After having 

 worked with this study for a period of six months I have the definite 

 feeling that some of the valley sites are more closely related to one or 

 two of the others than they are to the whole group. Even though 

 the basic pottery characteristics are more or less similar it is not diffi- 

 cult to divide the sites from a ceramic standpoint into three rather 

 distinct groups. 



