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the matter was constantly kept in view, no vessel of any size was reconstructed 

 from pieces present in these deposits. Parts of smaller vessels, probably intended 

 for domestic use, lay among the sherds. It has suggested itself to us that possibly 

 vessels broken in domestic use were put aside and carried in numbers to the 

 cemetery, where these fragments were spread upon the surface with small, unbroken 

 vessels, not with, but near, the burials. In lapse of time leaf mould and shifting 

 sand could readily account for the superficial depth at which these deposits were 

 found. Fragments, during conveyance and deposit, would become greatly mixed, 

 which would account for our inability to find full complement of parts of vessels 

 and, moreover, as it seemed to us that decorated portions predominated, it may 

 be that such parts were more carefully preserved. A definite method to settle 

 this question, to which we have already referred in our account of the mounds 

 at Bear Point and at Walton's Camp, would be to preserve each fragment of 

 ware found during an investigation and, at the end, to endeavor to restore vessels 

 from parts found at various points. This herculean task, however, could be 

 attempted reasonably only in the case of a cemetery which had never undergone 

 previous disturbance. 



The earthenware at the cemetery contained practically no admixture of 

 pounded shell, though here and there a small amount was present locally in 

 vessels as was the case with those in the mound at Walton's Camp. 



When bowls lay inverted over burials, such burials were from 1 to 3.5 feet in 

 depth. 



Vessel No. 1. — A life-form of coarse yellow ware, imperforate. The decoration 

 is punctate. There are small holes at either end for suspension. Length, 4.1 



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—Vessel No. 1. Cemetery near Point Washingti 



inches; maximum diameter, 2 inches; depth, 1.6 inches (Fig. 76). A small part 

 of the tail was broken by a trowel. This interesting little vessel lay apart from 

 burials with many pieces of broken ware. 



Vessel No. 2. — A bowl found in fragments but since pieced together. The base 

 is perforate ; the decoration, incised. Maximum diameter, 10 inches ; depth, 5 



