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  ERIE 
  INDIAN 
  VILLAGE 
  AND 
  BURIAL 
  SITE 
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  crustations 
  are 
  sometimes 
  5 
  millimeters 
  thick. 
  In 
  thickness 
  the 
  

   pottery 
  varies 
  from 
  2 
  millimeters 
  to 
  2 
  centimeters 
  in 
  some 
  frag- 
  

   ments. 
  In 
  capacity 
  the 
  vessels 
  range 
  from 
  5 
  cubic 
  centimeters 
  in 
  

   the 
  toy 
  forms 
  found 
  in 
  grave 
  LI, 
  pit 
  96, 
  to 
  5 
  quarts, 
  4700 
  cubic 
  

   centimeters. 
  

  

  The 
  general 
  type 
  of 
  the 
  vessels 
  is 
  Iroquoian 
  but 
  as 
  has 
  been 
  else- 
  

   where 
  stated 
  they 
  differ 
  in 
  many 
  respects 
  from 
  the 
  central 
  New- 
  

   York 
  specimens 
  of 
  the 
  middle 
  17th 
  century 
  as 
  well 
  as 
  from 
  Erie 
  

   vessels 
  of 
  that 
  period. 
  

  

  A 
  large 
  percentage 
  of 
  the 
  pots 
  have 
  one 
  raised 
  point 
  that 
  varies 
  

   from 
  a 
  small 
  knob 
  to 
  a 
  well 
  developed 
  pitcherlike 
  nose. 
  Pots 
  of 
  

   this 
  type 
  are 
  found 
  in 
  Ontario 
  and 
  Jefferson 
  counties. 
  The 
  form 
  

   of 
  one 
  of 
  these 
  pots 
  is 
  shown 
  in 
  text 
  figure 
  2.2. 
  which 
  gives 
  the 
  

   shape 
  at 
  different 
  positions. 
  Another 
  characteristic 
  of 
  the 
  pots 
  

  

  Fig. 
  22 
  Three 
  views 
  of 
  pot 
  F 
  476 
  

  

  from 
  this 
  site 
  is 
  the 
  row 
  of 
  dots 
  that 
  encircles 
  the 
  pot 
  where 
  the 
  

   belly 
  meets 
  the 
  neck. 
  Cushing's 
  theory 
  that 
  pots 
  with 
  square 
  tops 
  

   and 
  line 
  decorations 
  about 
  the 
  rim 
  were 
  modeled 
  after 
  bark 
  baskets 
  

   appears 
  strengthened 
  by 
  some 
  of 
  the 
  forms 
  which 
  had 
  not 
  only 
  

   decorated 
  square 
  tops 
  but 
  had 
  the 
  stitching 
  imitated 
  by 
  the 
  dots 
  

   around 
  the 
  neck, 
  as 
  appears 
  on 
  the 
  bark 
  baskets 
  to 
  which 
  Gushing 
  

   referred. 
  

  

  Pottery 
  clay 
  in 
  masses, 
  tempered 
  and 
  partly 
  worked, 
  was 
  found 
  

   in 
  a 
  number 
  of 
  the 
  ash 
  pits. 
  Some 
  of 
  these 
  partially 
  worked 
  

   masses 
  of 
  clay 
  even 
  yet 
  show 
  the 
  imprints 
  of 
  the 
  potter's 
  fingers 
  

   [see 
  pi. 
  25, 
  fig. 
  1, 
  2]. 
  One 
  fragment 
  of 
  a 
  coil 
  was 
  found 
  in 
  an 
  ash 
  

   pit 
  where 
  it 
  had 
  become 
  hardened 
  and 
  preserved 
  [see 
  pi. 
  25, 
  fig 
  3]. 
  

   Several 
  crude 
  partly 
  formed 
  pipe 
  bowls 
  and 
  pot 
  bottoms 
  were 
  found, 
  

   possibly 
  the 
  work 
  of 
  children 
  [see 
  pi. 
  25, 
  fig. 
  5, 
  6]. 
  Most 
  of 
  the 
  

   pots 
  have 
  smooth 
  surfaces 
  although 
  many 
  were 
  found 
  marked 
  with 
  

  

  