736 Archeology of the Champlain Valley. (December, 
the Swanton graves, as incidentally noticed above, than in any 
other locality, but other articles, one here and another there, have 
been found in various places. A very fine copper gouge was 
found near Milton and is in the collection of Mr. P. C. Deming 
of that place, who has a very fine local collection. This is 
shown one-half full size in Fig. 5. Spearpoints, occasionally 
with notched stems or with the sides of the stem turned over to 
form a socket, also occur sparingly. These, together with the 
articles already mentioned in connection with the Swanton graves, 
complete the list of copper articles. No objects made from shell 
except the shell beads from Swanton have been found. 
Specimens of earthenware occur all over the State, chiefly in 
the form of fragments. The only entire specimens of jars now 
in existence, are two in the college collection at Burlington. Sev- 
eral others have been found but have been destroyed. Both of 
the entire jars are figured in Vol v, pp. 14, 15, of the NATURALIST, 
though Fig. 2 is not entirely correct in its representation of the 
rim. As I have given a detailed account of some of the more 
prominent kinds of Vermont pottery elsewhere,! it must suffice to 
give here only general statements. All of the earthenware was 
ornamented somewhat, some but little, some more, the decora- 
tion consisting of impressed figures of a great variety of form, as 
squares, circles, triangles, crescents, key-shaped figures, etc., with 
lines of greater or less width running either horizontally, 
obliquely or vertically. These are combined to form a great 
diversity of patterns. Some of them, as may be seen by a refer- 
ence to the figures mentioned above, are very elaborate. No 
decoration by the application of paint or any coloring material 
occurs. In most cases the ornamentation is confined to a nar- 
row band around the rim, and I believe in all cases the lower 
portion, which was globular, was smooth. The mouth of the 
jars was usually circular, but sometimes rectangular, becoming 
circular at the contracted portion, or neck. In no case was there 
any attempt at imitation of animal forms. The material of which 
the jars was made is essentially like that found elsewhere. In 
some cases it appears to have been gravel mixed with clay, as the 
fragments of quartz and feldspar are rounded, in other cases the 
fragments are angular, and were obtained by pounding; fine san 
_ seems to have been used in some cases. In color there is as great: a 
4 Proc. A. A. A. S., Vol. xxv. 
