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Melon-shaped Variants
Ten melon-shaped objects do not conform to the above types or varieties. Two plain (ungrooved) objects of clay are perforated lengthwise, as are two melon-shaped (with lateral grooves) also made of clay. Another perforated melon has longitudinal fluting (Fig. 6q). Three objects are flat one one side and have three longitudinal grooves on the opposite rounded surface. One melon-shaped has an encircling groove and is folded. The final small object shows 6 longitudinal tool grooves and a depression encircling each end, apparently by insertion into a hollow cane (Fig. 6r).
Altogether there are 3476 melon-shaped and melon-shaped variants from Claiborne^, 30.76 percent of the typed objects and exceeding in numbers all of the other basic shapes,. Only 13 are of clay.
Type D, Spheroidal Plain Table 11
There are 377 Spheroidal plain objects from Claiborne, 3.29 percent of all typed objects. Only one of these is of clay. The range of size is 3.5 to 6.1 cm. in greatest diameter, i.except for one tiny ball which is 1,3 cm, in diameter (Fig. 6w). This, the smallest whole object from the site, is almost identical in size to the tiny spheroid from Poverty Point (p . 15) ,
Spheroidal Dimpled or Faceted Table 11
Near-spheroidal objects that show varying numbers of shallow dimples or flattened areas are almost as numerous at the Claiborne site as are the smooth plain spheres. The dimpled or faceted total 358 (3.13 percent) The range of size is slightly larger than that of the plain, 4.4 to 6.3 cm in diameter. No objects are of clay. As mentioned, it is possible that some of these objects are the core residue of badly worn and eroded