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[Herbert C. Kraft et al. (1994)] the Point Peninsula culture on Mulcaster Wand is represented by 10 Spring 1994 No. 107 Figure 2. Site plan of the Mulcaster Island East Site (36H14) showing orientation of archaeological investigations. ten sherds decorated with a pseudo-scallop shell technique. The sherds belong to at least two vessels. The decorative motif, termed St. Lawrence Pseudo-Scallop Shell (Ritchie and MacNeish 1949:103), consists of short oblique impressions on the rim. On body sherds, these impressions are compact and tightly spaced, forming sinuous lines. This type of decoration is primarily a Middle Point Peninsula feature and is quite common in the northern New York and eastern Ontario region, being found on ceramics from such contemporary Middle Woodland sites as Wright's (1979:15) Gordon Island North Site and

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