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pottery of the region (Wedel, 1938, pi. 7A; Holmes, 1892b, pi. 2, fig. 2), 

 these must often have been produced by a contmuously rolled wheel 

 rather than by the repeated application of a straight stamp. The 

 apparent absence of roulettes from most archeological sites may 

 indeed be due, as Holmes suggested, to the fact that they were custo- 

 marily made of wood or other perishable substance. Alternatively, 

 it may reflect only the relatively small amount of excavation per- 

 formed at village sites whose inhabitants, to judge from the decora- 

 tive teclmiques shown by their pottery remains, might be suspected 

 of having possessed such tools. A careful reexamination of extant 

 collections might bring to light specimens similar to that described 

 herein that are now otherwise classified as ornaments or problematical 

 forms. In any event, whatever the eventual distribution of wheellike 

 specimens of this nature proves to be, and granting the probability 

 that sun pier noncircular rockers and curved-edge stamps existed, we 

 submit that the Trowbridge find substantiates (cf. Fewkes, op. cit.) 

 " 'rouletting' on the principle of wheel-rolling, as originally deduced 

 by Holmes * * * j^^ aboriginal American ceramics." 



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