NYSAA Bulletin No. 52 — Archaic Sites: Croton Point & Dogan Point — Passage 19 (part 3)

[Various (1971)] The design motifs a-f, h, j, k, 1, and o are examples of the design motifs on Ontario Oblique pottery which MacNeish defines as ". . , bands of oblique lines either parallel or opposed on the neck and rim on globular-bowled vessels" (MacNeish 1952:18). The frequency of Ontario Oblique design motifs is 45.4%. The design motif is similar to Middleport Criss-cross, which is defined as criss-cross incision on the exterior rim (MacNeish 1952:17). The motif is present on 4.2% of the pottery vessels. Plate VIII is an example of the design motif. No. 52, July 1971 31 32 THE BULLETIN The remaining incised design motifs, t, u, v, y, z may be local varieties of Ontario Oblique which have as yet been undefined.

These motifs represent 5.2% of the vessels recovered. The combination of Ontario Oblique, Middleport Criss-cross, and Ontario Oblique variant design motifs represent-54.8% of the total vessels recovered. The design motifs a, m, n, p, s, w, x, which are produced by punctating, bossing, or cord wrapped stick impression, represent 6.3% of the total vessels and are characteristic of the Owasco pottery series (Ritchie and MacNeish 1949). The design motif of g, q, r, w are unidentified and represent 6.3% of the decorated vessels. Table 2 illustrates the distribution of the pottery vessels using the pottery types defined by MacNeish (1952), and Ritchie and MacNeish (1949). Criterion 6: Transverse Profile of the Lip.