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of the Claiborne objects was made with the left hand. As at Poverty Point, the prints indicated a small person, presumably woman or child.
Conical or Mushroom-shaped Table 11, Fig. 6bb While classifying the first collection from Claiborne site, a group of objects was noted which resembled the melon-shaped and crossgrooved objects but was sufficiently different to justify separation.
This, proved to be a reasonably numerous minor type, numbering 100 (0,87 percent of typed objects). The shape is modified conical or mushroom-like, with one larger convex or almost flat face and an opposite projecting cone or stalk. The cone shows two or three finger or thumb imprints, placed transversely across the cone or parallel to the convex base. Apparently they were formed by pinching between the thumb and one or two fingers of one hand while flattening the base against the palm of the opposite hand. Sizes are similar to the small and average melons,
4 to 5 cm. in length and 3.8 to 4.5 cm. diameter of the flattened base. All have sandy matrix.
This minor type had not been recognized previously but a subsequent check of objects in the recent Alexander and Webb collections from Poverty Point site produced three specimens (p. 2.1); they had previously been regarded as unusual melon-shaped objects. This group of objects had some resemblance to baked clay objects (Fig. (Ob) from the Bryant's Landing site above Mobile Bay in Alabama (Holmes, N.H., Jr., personal
communication 1966) except for smaller size.
Tetrahedrons and Pyramidal Forms
Table 12, Fig. 6cc,dd There are four tetrahedral objects from Claiborne site, found in the midden with the other objects and under no unusual circumstances.