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frequentl}', was not applied as a slip but was produced by polishing- 

 the fine-textured blue-gray paste. The other principal decoration 

 consisted of broad white scallops along both sides of the rim, with 

 the rest of the surface bearing a plain red slip. In some sherds 

 the red slipped decoration was replaced by a light brown or 

 chocolate. 



Incised wure. — In the numerical distribution of the pottery types 

 given on page 12, sherds bearing an incised decoration are for con- 

 venience all grouped together. There are, however, two clearly dif- 

 ferentiated types into which this incised ware falls. First is a 

 type of pottery, represented almost entirely by rim sherds, which 

 in color, paste, and tempering material is identical with the un- 

 decorated ware previously described. It differs only in hav- 

 ing one to four — usually two — parallel incised lines encircling the 

 vessel immediately below the rim. Some of the sherds have also a 

 line incised along the top of the rim. Most of the lines below the rim 

 are somewhat deep and were made by trailing a sharp stick held 

 straight against the side of the vessel. (PI. 4, d-f, k-rti.) In some 

 cases, however, the implement had been held with the point toward 

 the rim, resulting in a somewhat wider and beveled line, deeper at 

 the top and having an " overhanging " appearance. (PL 4, «-c, 

 g-d.) The possible significance of this type of decoration will be 

 referred to later. 



The body of the vessel below the rim bears no other ornamenta- 

 tion, so it may be regarded as certain that a number of the undeco- 

 rated sherds, which are identical in color, surface finish, paste, and 

 tempering, were from vessels having this simple incised decoration, 

 restricted to the region of the rim. 



The shapes of the vessels were usually shallow rounded bowls, al- 

 though a few steeper-sided jars were represented. 



The second variety of incised ware (pi. 5) differs in paste, color^ 

 and tempering material, as well as surface finish and decoration. 

 The incised lines, instead of being applied in parallel bands and 

 only to the rims of vessels, are usually curvilinear and are applied 

 over the surface of the vessel generally. Plate 1, &, one of the two 

 whole vessels found, is an example of this type. 



The color of the paste is usually a light brown or gray, to which 

 firing has brought a more uniformly buff or cream color. The paste 

 is of two kinds, most commonly smooth and fine textured with shell 

 tempering, and less frequently soft and somewhat porous, having 

 had apparently a tempering material, probably vegetable, which 

 had been mostly destroyed in firing. 



The surface finish is somewhat rough, not having been polished 

 like the incised ware first described. In that type the surface was 



