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Plate VIII 
Pottery 
Figure 1, Fragment of a conical base of a pot. Shell-heap A. Cat. No. VIII-B-969a. See 
Plate X, figure 10. (Page 37.) 
Figure 2. Fragment of a conical base of a pot. Shell-heap A. Cat. No. VIII-B-964. 
(Page 37.) 
Figure 3. Fragment of base of a pot or of pottery bearing part of a handle. Shell-heap A. 
Cat. No. VIII-B-998. (Page 37.) 
Figure 4. Fragment of rim of a pot with carbonaceous matter on inner surface. Shell-heap A . 
Cat. No. VIII-B-959a, (Page 39.) 
Figure 5. Fragment of pottery showing fragments of stone used as tempering matter and a 
welding line. Shell-heap A. Cat. No. VIII-B-966a. (Page 40.) 
Figure 6. Fragment of pottery showing fragments of shell used as tempering matter. Shell- 
heap D. Cat. No. VIII-B-538a. (Page 40.) 
Figure 7. Fragment of pottery showing where fragments of shell used as tempering matter 
have dissolved out. Shell-heap A. Cat. No. VIII-B-967a. (Page 40.) 
Figure 8. Fragment of pottery of hardest and most polished ware found on Merigomish 
harbour. Shell-heap A. Cat. No. VIII-B-952. (Page 37.) 
Figure 9. Fragment of pottery showing welding line along the upper edge and jagged lines 
elsewhere. Shell-heap A. Cat. No. VIII-B-975a, (Page 40.) 
Figure 10. Fragment of pottery showing smooth breaks along parallel welding lines and 
jagged vertical breaks. Shell-heap A. Cat. No. VIII-B-961a. (Page 40.) 
Figure 11. Fragments of a pot showing rim and smooth breaks along horizontal welding 
lines parallel with it, also jagged vertical breaks. Shell-heap D. Cat. Nos. VIII-B-545a, b, c. 
See Plate IX, figure 4. (Page 40.) 
Figure 12. Fragment of pottery showing scarification made on inner surface before firing. 
Shell-heap D. Cat. No. VIII-B-528a. See Plate XI, figure 1, (Page 41.) 
Figure 13. Fragment of pottery showing scarification made on outer surface before firing. 
Shell-heap A. Cat. No. VIII-B-973a. (Page 41.) 
