. Bulletin - New York State Museum. Science. AN ERIE INDIAN VILLAGE AND BURIAL SITE 539 crustations are sometimes 5 millimeters thick. In thickness the pottery varies from 2 millimeters to 2 centimeters in some frag- ments. In capacity the vessels range from 5 cubic centimeters in the toy forms found in grave LI, pit 96, to 5 quarts, 4700 cubic centimeters. The general type of the vessels is Iroquoian but as has been else- where stated they differ in many respects from the central New- York specimens of the middle 17th century as well as from Erie vessels of that period. A large percentage of
. Bulletin - New York State Museum. Science. AN ERIE INDIAN VILLAGE AND BURIAL SITE 539 crustations are sometimes 5 millimeters thick. In thickness the pottery varies from 2 millimeters to 2 centimeters in some frag- ments. In capacity the vessels range from 5 cubic centimeters in the toy forms found in grave LI, pit 96, to 5 quarts, 4700 cubic centimeters. The general type of the vessels is Iroquoian but as has been else- where stated they differ in many respects from the central New- York specimens of the middle 17th century as well as from Erie vessels of that period. A large percentage of the pots have one raised point that varies from a small knob to a well developed pitcherhke nose. Pots of this type are found in Ontario and Jefferson counties. The form of one of these pots is shown in text figure 22 which gives the shape at different positions. Another characteristic of the pots. Please note that these images are extracted from scanned page images that may have been digitally enhanced for readability - coloration and appearance of these illustrations may not perfectly resemble the original New York State Museum; New York State Museum. Albany : New York State Education Dept
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