Clay lumps of varying sizes—evidently ground up sherds are visible in
the paste of most sherds, and 39 of the 141 brushed sherds also contain
bone tempering. There are particles of sand in all the sherds, a few
having so much that their surfaces have a distinctly sandy feel when
rubbed between the fingers. Paste colors range from creams and buffs to
fairly dark grays, with most sherds falling into the lighter shades of
buff, brown, and gray—indicative of oxidation during firing. Some sherds
have light exterior surfaces and dark interior surfaces, suggesting that
the vessels stood upside down during firing.
Most of the brushed sherds could not be definitely identified with any
specific pottery types; however, several sherds were assigned to the
types Bullard Brushed of the Frankston Focus (Suhm _et al._, 1954: 252
and Pl. 9) and Pease Brushed-Incised of the Bossier Focus (Webb, 1948:
110-113 and Pls. 11 & 12; Suhm _et al._, 1954: 338 and Pl. 53).
There are 17 Bullard Brushed sherds, 13 of them from the body of a
single vessel, the other four from the rim of another vessel (Fig. 13,
A-B). All were found at Mound C. Both vessels were barrel-shaped with a
slight, evenly curved constriction in the neck area. There were one or
more horizontal rows of punctations made with a blunt stick separating
the body area from the rim area on both vessels, but there was no angle
at the juncture of the body and the rim. On the vessel represented only
by body sherds, the brushing consisted of short, overlapping strokes in
random directions, creating a roughened exterior of uneven appearance.
The rim treatment of this vessel could not be determined. The other
Bullard Brushed vessel was represented by four rimsherds which fitted
together. The rim of this vessel curved outwardly and was evenly brushed
in a diagonal direction. A horizontal row of punctations appeared at the
bottom of the rim. Both Bullard vessels were relatively large with wide
mouths.
Six of the brushed body sherds (Fig. 13, C, D, G) were identified as
type Pease Brushed-Incised because they have vertically brushed sections
separated by vertical appliqué strips. Five are from Mound D, the other
from Mound A. Five of the six have closely spaced punctations or
indentations pressed into the strips. One of the Pease body sherds (Fig.
13, D) is attached to a portion of the rim which is brushed
horizontally. On this sherd there is a marked angle at the juncture of
the body and the rim, and a horizontal row of small punctations made
with the blunt end of a stick is impressed along the line of the angle.
Other Pease sherds with incising instead of brushing are described
later.
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