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face is cordmarked, as is the base and the upper % inch of the inner 

 surface. The rim is straight and pointed in cross-section. The one 

 crenelation present bears five rounded gashes. Rim diameter is 

 8% inches, and the base is 3 inches across. Perforations for repair 

 are present. 



Vessel 4 (411639) is an incomplete, nonrestorable vase at least 12 

 inches high. Sides are straight and are nearly vertical. The oral diam- 

 eter is 15 inches while the base is 4 inches across. The entire outer 

 surface including the base is cord marked. The rim is straight and 

 pointed in cross-section. No design is found, but the rim bears an 

 unknown number of small (%-inch high) plain crenelations. Perfora- 

 tions for repair are present. 



Vessel 5 (411634) (plate 86) is an incomplete, nonrestorable vase of 

 the type known to Japanese archeologists as "Satsumon." Since the 

 base is missing, the exact height and basal type cannot be deter- 

 mined. Oral diameter is 10% inches, and the height is in excess of 10 

 inches. The vase shows coil joints indicating the method of manu- 

 facture. The paste is sandy clay, well fired, and yellow, buff, and 

 brown in color, with some soot encrustation. Outer surfaces are 

 plain, but show marks of having been scraped vertically with a rough- 

 edged scraper. Maximum body diameter is 7 inches, with a slight 

 constriction to 6% inches in the neck. The rim flares outward and 

 then upward to a vertical, rounded rim. Design is found in two 

 areas: the shoulder and the outer edge of the rim. On the shoulder 

 are two discontinuous incised lines ){ inch apart. Immediately below 

 the lower line is a row of ){ inch long gashes impressed into the clay 

 at an angle of about 30 degrees from vertical, sloping from lower left 

 to upper right. The design at the rim is a 1-inch band of three in- 

 cised lines, spaced ){ inch apart with a row of gashes immediately 

 below each line. The upper and lower gashes slope from lower left 

 to upper right, while the center row slopes in opposite directions. 



Upon completion of the trench outlining the house, the house proper 

 was completely cleared of ash and humus. As no trace was found 

 of a doorway, the house must have been entered through the roof. 

 A small burned area of the floor on the east side at the wall was un- 

 doubtedly the hearth. It was connected with a collapsed structure 

 of clay, which extended outside the housepit wall. The exact nature 

 of this structure could not be determined, but it appears to have been 

 either a smoke hole, or an air vent lined with clay. I found similar 

 "chimneys" in house pits in the Anenuma-Ogawara area of Aomori 

 Prefecture, Honshu (MacCord, 1955, pp. 150-151). 



Midway along the south wall, and 1 foot inside the edge of the 

 house was a small rectangular pit of unknown use. It measured 10 

 by 18 inches, was 6 inches deep, and was lined with small marsh 



