38 AMKh'iCAX MCSKiM (U JDK LEAFLETS 



))y Mr. M. 1{. Hairin^ton, tliis \)r'wi statoinent concludes the list of pot- 

 tciv life forms reported from this area, although others may yet l)e found 

 iieic, since sonie interesting objects luive l)een collected in innnediately 

 adjacent territory. 



The I'oiins of decoialion consist of stamping;" with a stamp, I'oulette, 

 ()!• paddle, and incising. Occasionally, ])ut very larely, stucco work 

 occuis. riidei- sl:mij)in«i; we can enumerate tlie followinj^; processes: 



1. l!nj)i('ssion with the lounded end of a stick (rare). 



2. lmj)ressi()n with the end of a (luih, oi- hollow reed, leaving a 

 circulai- depi-ession with a tiny lump or nipj)le (rare) in the center. 



3. Impi'cssion witli a section of a liollow reed, inakin<i a stamped 

 circle (rare). 



4. Impression with fin<!;er nail (douhtful, hut p('rhaj)s used on 

 some sherds from Manhattan Island). 



o. Impression of the edji;e of a scalloj) shell. 



(). Impi'cssion with a carved bone, antler, or wooden stamp. 



7. Imi)ression of a cord-wrapj)ed stick. 



8. Imi)ression with roulette. 



Under the head of dcM-oration by incision we can enumerate the 

 fol lowing;-: 



9. Incised (U'coration, pi-ol)abh' made with a stick. 



10. Incised decoration, possibly made w^ith a flint object (onh^ 

 one specimen at hand). 



The i)addlc was frequently used to finish the sides and bottom of the 

 I)ot by imparting an appearance of pressure with fabric when the clay 

 was wet. 



11. Stucco. Occasionally, ridges of clay placed on the rim for 

 ornament appear to have been added after the shaping of the vessel. 



Ornamentation is usually external, and vessels, either Algonkian or 

 Iroquoian, are rarely ornamented below the rim, although occasionally' 

 the designs run part way down the side in the case of the Algonkian 

 forms. Where decoration has been applied by one of the stamping 

 processes, and more rarely by incision, it is sometimes continued over 

 the lip or rim for an inch or less on the inside. This only occurs in the 

 typical Algonkian forms, and is never seen when incised ornamentation 

 is used. The rims of Iroquoian vessels are never ornamented on the 

 interior, nor is stamping so frequently practised on vessels of this class. 

 The intermediate forms, at least the first of the two mentioned, are fre- 

 quently ornamented on the interior of the lip. This internal decoration 

 is much moi'c connnon in the southern portion of this area than elsewhere 

 in the vicinitv. 



