There are 38 sherds of the _Pease Brushed-Incised_ type (Fig. 10, A-F).
The paste is smooth, clay-grit tempered except for one bone tempered;
interiors are smoothed, exteriors roughened all over with the
decoration. The color range is about as for other types; eight sherds
are chocolate brown to black and slightly soft. Thickness is 4-5 mm. in
13 of the 38 sherds, 5 to 9 mm. in the remainder. The vertical panels
characteristic of this type are separated by notched applique ridges in
28 (Fig. 10, B, D-F), by rows of tool or nail punctations in seven (Fig.
10, A), and by applique nodes in three (Fig. 10, C). The panels are
roughened by diagonal incisions in 24 instances (Fig. 10, A, C), by
vertical incising in 10 (Fig. 10, E, F), by horizontal incising in one,
and by brushing in three (Fig. 10, B, D).
[Illustration: Fig. 10. Brushed, Ridged, and Late Wares. A-F, _Pease
Brushed-Incised_ (note panel separation by punctations on _A_,
applique notched ridges on _B_, _D-F_, and applique nodes on _C_).
G, H, _Belcher Ridged_. I-K, M _Bossier_ or _Plaquemine Brushed_. L,
_Karnack Brushed-Incised_ (note rolled rim, rare). N-S, Late
Glendora Focus sherds (_N_, _S_, shell tempered, incised; _O_, _P_,
engraved, untyped; _Q_, linear punctated, untyped; _R_, _Hodges
Engraved_).]
_Karnack Brushed-Incised_ type (Suhm and Jelks, 1962: 85) is applied to
barrel-shaped vessels with everted rims, decorated with vertical
incising or brushing. Thirty-four sherds from Smithport fit this
category, although it is possible that some of the vertically incised
body sherds derive from _Kiam Incised_ or _Weches Fingernail Impressed_
vessels. There are only three rim sherds, one rolled (Fig. 10, L), the
other two everted. The paste, temper, color range, and wall thickness
are no different from other types; seven of the sherds are dark
chocolate brown in color. Only six sherds are less than 5 mm. in
thickness and the average is 6.5 mm.; brushing is used on six of the
sherds, vertical incising on the others, varying from firm to sloppy and
scratchy.
The other brushed sherds from this site fall into the type which we now
call _Bossier Brushed_ (formerly _Maddox Brushed_ included these and the
vertically brushed included now in _Karnack Brushed-Incised_). It is
very similar to or identical with _Plaquemine Brushed_ type of the
Plaquemine and late Coles Creek periods in central Louisiana. Chief
indicated differences are rolled or narrow everted rims in some of the
_Bossier_ type, whereas they are direct or slightly everted in
_Plaquemine_; more frequent cross brushing in _Plaquemine_ than in
_Bossier_; bone temper in a few of the _Bossier_, absent in
_Plaquemine_; and an occasional row of punctations below the brushed
zone in _Plaquemine_, not found in _Bossier_. These are minor
differences, easily attributable to regional variations, and it would
probably be desirable to define a single type, with recognition of minor
local variations.
There are 31 _Bossier Brushed_ sherds (Fig. 10, I-K, M), of which seven
are from rims. Temper is clay-grit or ground sherd; one is bone
tempered. Surface colors include two black, four chocolate brown, the
others lighter shades of tan, buff, and gray. Only five sherds are 5 mm.
or less in thickness; others are 5.5-11 mm., averaging 7.3 mm. (It is
thicker than most types.) The seven rim sherds have horizontal brushing
on two, diagonal on four, both on one. The body sherds show a similar
distribution, with diagonal brushing predominating. Cross brushing or
incising is present on seven (Fig. 10, M).