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handles. A few had pitcher-like lips, and the tops of others are 
scalloped. The surface of many pots shows scarifying and chequered 
markings. The exterior decoration is confined to the rim and neck, and 
the inside is more extensively decorated than Iroquoian ware generally, in 
which respect it is like some Algonkian ware. The decoration is mostly 
geometrical and is both rectilinear and curvilinear, most of it consisting of 
simple elements, which were stamped, punched, or made with the finger 
nails. Some of the impressions appear to have been made with cord- 
wound twigs, but the ware bearing this kind of decoration was probably 
either obtained from Algonkians or was made by Algonkian captives. An- 
other kind of decoration consists of rounded nodes on the outside of the 
rims, which were produced by punching holes from the inside of the pots 
while still plastic. This, too, seems to have been an Algonkian suggestion, 
except that the holes on most Algonkian pots are punched from the outside 
and the nodes are on the inside. About half of the lines occurring on 
pottery were what might be called interrupted or broken (Plate XIV, 
figure 1), in some cases looking like cord impressions. There are a few 
curved lines. Some of the patterns produced by combinations of different 
decorative elements are a pinnate or herring-bone design, which was 
common (Plate XIV, figure 2); a few reticulate designs; and an unusual 
rectilinear pattern resembling a Greek fret; there were no chevrons. 
Stamped circles and oval depressions in a triangle were probably intended 
to represent a human face. Pottery from Neutral sites of the transitional 
period retains certain features of that of the early period, including the 
simple form with everted rim; the scarification, chequering, and textile 
texturing of the outside surface; interrupted lines, cord-impressed decor- 
ation, and embossed nodes; but there are more vessels with overhanging 
collars, and one has a pedestal base. No ware of this period shows evidence 
of Algonkian decorative technique like that seen on ware of the archaic 
period. The groups of one kind of simple decorative elements have been 
superseded by more elaborate complex designs, composed of several differ- 
ent elements; and a simple kind of chevron appears. The decoration of 
the inside of the rim becomes less extensive, and that on the outside in 
many cases extends to the shoulder of the pot. There is not much change 
in the pottery from Neutral sites of the late pre-European period, except 
that there are many more pots with overhanging collars; more with 
angular lips, and one with an octagonal top. Very little shows scarifying 
and none shows textile texturing. There are no interrupted lines, but 
one or two show roulette decoration. A common kind of decoration con- 
sists of a row of vertical lines around the rim. There is a profusion of 
complex patterns including chevrons. A few pots are decorated on both 
rim and neck (Plate XIV, figure 12). Only one pot has the triangular 
group of circles seen on a few pots of the archaic period. 
The most common decoration on Tionontati ware of the late pre- 
European period consists of short vertical lines around the collar; there 
are also a few chevron designs. Several pots have projecting angular lips, 
and there are a few with crude handles. Some of the ware shows textile 
texturing on the body of the pot. Chevrons are common on Huron 
ware of the same period, there are many pieces with stamped circles, 
and many of the collars have the lower angle decorated with notches 
of various kinds. 
