NYSAA Bulletin No. 52 — Archaic Sites: Croton Point & Dogan Point — Passage 18 (part 3)
[Various (1971)] Comments on vessel size and surface finish are based on two completely restored vessels and three partially restored vessels. The criteria used to analyze the pottery vessels are exterior surface finish, interior surface finish, tempering material, decoration technique, design motif, transverse profile of the lip, rim profile, collar profile, castellations, vessel size and shape. Criterion 1: Exterior Surface Finish. The exterior surface finish on the body sherds is as follows: cord roughened, 1365 body sherds; smoothed, 304 body sherds; smoothed with decoration, 203 body sherds; unidentifiable, 23 body sherds. The preferred exterior surface finish on body sherds is cord roughened, 72%. There is a variety of combinations of exterior surface finishes on the rim, neck, 30