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different in appearance from the upvalley objects. All others are sandy.
In sire they range from 2.8 to 8.3 cm. in length, and from 1.9 to
5.3 cm, in width; most are in the range of A.5 to 6 cm. long and 3.5 to 4,5 cm, wide. The average weight of a sample of these objects is
63.3	grams. 73 (6.2 percent) of the cylindrical grooved objects are small, 2,8 to 5 cm. long and 1.9 to 3 cm. wide. 29 of these small objects, all sandy and fired black, were found in one cache (Fig. 6j,n).
r Three cylindrical objects have a single groove around the center of the cylinder (Fig. 6j) and one small object has a central ridge with distal taper (Fig. 6n). All others have three grooves, although one or both of the distal grooves may be poorly formed. Many objects have less distinct grooving than is usual at Poverty Point and Jaketown, although a few are deeply grooved. Some erosion of the crests seems to have occurred. One of the Claiborne objects was flattened on one side after grooving.
Cylindrical Variants Fig. 6 g-i,k,1
There are 59 cylindrical objects other than those with lateral grooves; 42 (71.18 percent) of the variants are made of clay, 16 are plain solid cylinders. One has a single longitudinal groove, another has multiple longitudinal grooves and a third has longitudinal scoring. The remaining 40 cylindrical objects are perforated lengthwise. Three of the latter have plain surfaces and one has lateral grooves. 10 of the perforated objects have shallow longitudinal fluting (Fig. 6*1), 6 have faint longitudinal scoring, 3 have deep longitudinal grooves and one is hexagonal in cross section. Seven perforated objects are decorated with three spiral grooves (Fig. 6h,i). Four have irregular surface incising