NYSAA Bulletin No. 52 — Archaic Sites: Croton Point & Dogan Point — Passage 19

[Various (1971)] 1 2 1 It would appear that most, if not all, of the vessels were cord roughened at one stage of their manufacture and. latter certain areas were smoothed. Criterion 2: Interior Surface Finish. The interior surface finish was smoothed on 90 vessels and cord roughened on 5, indicating a strong preference for smoothed interiors. Criterion 3: Tempering Material. Ninety vessels had grit temper and 5 vessels had no tempering material. Shell and limestone do not occur as tempering material. Criterion 4: Technique of Decoration. Sixty-four vessels were decorated on the rim, neck, and shoulder areas, 31 vessels were undecorated. The 31 undecorated vessels have the following surface finish (in some cases this only represents the surface finish on the rim): cord roughened, 20 vessels; smooth, 7 vessels; indeterminate, 2 vessels; smoothed over cord, 2 vessels. The cord roughened vessels are probably most similar to Ripley Corded (MacNeish 1952:24-25). The smooth vessels may be similar to Ripley Plain (MacNeish 1952:25-26). It is entirely possible that some of these rims may represent decorated vessels of which the major portion of the vessel is missing. It would appear that these pottery types should no longer be restricted temporally to the late Late Woodland Period (Wright 1966:272).