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abraders show rounded, grooved slots, as if they had been used to 

 smooth a round object. Others are flat and may have been used to 

 sharpen celts. One large, flattened boulder of quartzite has a con- 

 cave depression on each flat side and apparently was used as a whet- 

 stone for sharpening celts. 



Two stones found may have been intended for use as pendants. 

 One is a pebble of chalcedony (411611) having a natural perforation, 

 though there is some evidence of chipping around the hole. The 

 other specimen is a flat, oval piece of basalt showing a partially drilled 

 hole near one end (41 1570) . No effort had been expended on polishing 

 or otherwise altering the pebbles. 



The pottery from the Taniguchi Site seems to be entirely homo- 

 geneous ware of the Yoichi type, named after a small town some 30 

 kilometers west of the Taniguchi Site where identical ware was found. 

 The vessels are cylindrical, with flat bases, and with straight or slightly 

 everted rims. The entire outer surfaces are usually corded, and in 

 many instances the inner surfaces are corded for the top 3 or 4 centi- 

 meters. Basal diameters range from 9 to 15 centimeters. Oral 

 diameters are from 10 to 30 centimeters. The ware is usually from 

 5 to 12 millimeters thick and is generally black or brown, though 

 occasionally a red, yellow, or buff sherd is observed. Designs are 

 common on the rim portions of the vessels. These consist of thick- 

 ened and overlapping rims, added fillets of clay in various patterns, 

 and various combinations of incised, punctate, and pseudocord designs. 

 The rims illustrated in plates 1 and 2 show typical designs and 

 combinations. 



Pottery of the Yoichi type is equated by Groot (1951, p. 54) with 

 the wares of the Middle Jomon Period on Honshu. Similar pottery 

 is found at numerous sites in Hokkaido. 



Ueiiae Site 



The Uenae Site is located on the right bank of the Bibi River, 9 

 miles south of Chitose. The site lies on a prominent headland trun- 

 cated by the Chitose-Tomakomai highway just west of the road 

 leading to the Uenae railroad station. The site was found exposed in 

 the roadcut resulting from highway construction. Since the entire 

 region is buried under nearly 3 feet of geologically recent volcanic ash, 

 no indications of the site show on the surface. Nearby Mount 

 Tarumae, still smoldering today, is undoubtedly the source of the ash. 



The site appears to have been a small habitation area, since no 

 extensive refuse is encountered, and the outcrop of cultural material 

 is small. No bones or shells are present in the layers. A typical 

 cross-section of the site is shown in figure 3. Since remains found in 



