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  NEW 
  YORK 
  STATE 
  MUSEUM 
  

  

  a 
  cord-wrapped 
  paddle. 
  Several 
  smoothed 
  paddlelike 
  stones 
  were 
  

   found 
  in 
  pits 
  containing 
  clay 
  in 
  masses 
  and 
  these 
  are 
  thought 
  to 
  be 
  

   potters 
  paddles 
  used 
  for 
  working 
  over 
  the 
  surfaces 
  of 
  pots. 
  All 
  

   have 
  rounded 
  ends 
  and 
  at 
  least 
  one 
  squared 
  side 
  as 
  if 
  to 
  form 
  a 
  blunt 
  

   scraping 
  edge. 
  One 
  of 
  these 
  implements 
  is 
  shown 
  in 
  plate 
  25, 
  figure 
  

   7. 
  The 
  serrated 
  rib 
  illustrated 
  by 
  text 
  figure 
  23 
  may 
  have 
  been 
  used 
  

   to 
  roughen 
  the 
  surfaces 
  of 
  partly 
  formed 
  vessels 
  to 
  facilitate 
  the 
  

   process 
  of 
  shaping 
  the 
  wall 
  which 
  was 
  afterwards 
  smoothed. 
  

  

  Serrated 
  rib 
  

  

  No 
  entire 
  pots 
  were 
  found 
  with 
  any 
  trace 
  of 
  color 
  decoration. 
  

   One 
  sherd 
  was 
  found, 
  however, 
  which 
  has 
  two 
  parallel 
  bands 
  of 
  

   brown 
  running 
  over 
  a 
  background 
  of 
  yellowish 
  red. 
  Whether 
  this 
  

   is 
  simply 
  an 
  accident 
  or 
  intentional 
  is 
  hard 
  to 
  determine 
  as 
  the 
  sherd 
  

   is 
  small. 
  The 
  lower 
  band 
  is 
  well 
  defined 
  and 
  seems 
  to 
  be 
  inlaid 
  into 
  

   the 
  pottery 
  [fig. 
  24] 
  . 
  One 
  broken 
  pot 
  found 
  in 
  a 
  grave 
  had 
  an 
  ear 
  

   like 
  some 
  of 
  the 
  Ohio 
  forms. 
  These 
  two 
  potsherds 
  were 
  the 
  only 
  

   departures 
  from 
  the 
  usual 
  Iroquoian 
  forms 
  found 
  in 
  the 
  site 
  and 
  

   suggest 
  contact 
  with 
  other 
  stocks. 
  

  

  4 
  Sherd 
  

  

  Pottery 
  pipes 
  

  

  Of 
  equal 
  interest 
  with 
  the 
  pottery 
  vessels 
  are 
  the 
  earthenware 
  

   pipes 
  all 
  of 
  which 
  were 
  found 
  in 
  graves. 
  More 
  than 
  a 
  dozen 
  frag- 
  

   ments 
  however 
  were 
  found 
  in 
  ash 
  and 
  refuse 
  pits. 
  The 
  clay 
  pipes 
  

   are 
  all 
  Iroquoian 
  in 
  form 
  and 
  decoration 
  and 
  are 
  similar 
  to 
  central 
  

   New 
  York 
  Iroquois 
  pipes 
  of 
  the 
  early 
  part 
  of 
  the 
  17th 
  century. 
  

   AH 
  of 
  the 
  pipes 
  are 
  gracefully 
  made 
  and 
  reveal 
  an 
  artistic 
  hand. 
  

  

  