A group of 37 sherds have characteristics completely alien to the
ceramics described above. They are lighter feeling, often with porous
surfaces or with obvious shell tempering, confirmed by tests. Eight are
engraved; a shell tempered sherd, reddish in color (Fig. 10, P), with
horizontal engraved lines from which triangular spurs project; four
other shell tempered with red or orange color and engraved lines,
untyped; two black shell tempered with indeterminate engraving, and one
black polished clay tempered sherd of type _Hodges Engraved_ (Fig. 10,
R).
There are 11 sherds, shell tempered and orange to gray in color, with
curvilinear incising (Fig. 10, N, S). This ware was once termed
_Wilkinson Negative Meander_ but was never formally described. Another
name should be chosen, because the Wilkinson Site, like Smithport, is
primarily Alto with transition to Bossier, and has a minimal late
(Natchitoches) occupation.
Two sherds have linear punctations on shell tempered ware (Fig. 10, Q)
and two others, untyped, have horizontal incising. There are 14 plain,
4-6 mm. thick, of which nine are shell tempered, two bone, three clay.