Q2 SMITHSONIAN MISCELLANEOUS COLLECTIONS VOL. 92 



Originally, the major portion of the outer surface of this thin, poly- 

 chrome ware was covered, first with a slip and then with a painted 

 design. Around the outside of practically all rim sherds occur purplish- 

 red and black, linear designs. There is nearly always one encircling 

 heavy black or red line and often more. A soHd black or a red step 

 design is very common, and decoration in general tends toward the 

 geometric (pis. 21, 22; fig. 20). Some 16 rim sherds have an inside 

 border of design (fig. 20), which is generally the same as that on the 

 outside of the rim. The use of heavy black lines or, more rarely, red 

 lines to set apart the combined red and black rim design is typical 

 (pis. I, 21, 22). 



In all, 98 body sherds were recovered. From these it appears that 

 a large proportion of the body was covered with painted designs — 

 purplish-red and black lines on an orange slip predominating. Recog- 

 nizable design units include concentric rectangles (rare), concentric 

 circles (common), single frets, interlocking frets, hatched irregular 

 triangles (rare), and plumed serpents or monsters (10 sherds). Of 

 the latter only details such as plumes, ear plugs, eyes, and tail tips can 

 be distinguished (pi. 21; fig. 21). These suggest a close similarity 

 to the more complete " plumed serpents " on the Dixon site offertory 

 vase (pi. i). Designs on lugs, exclusive of modeling, are for the most 

 part circles or simple geometric designs in black and purplish-red 

 (pi. i; figs. 12, 22). From the 37 basal sherds recovered, these 

 designs appear to be very similar to that on the complete pot (pi. i ; 

 compare pi. 22, c, /). Broad, purplish-red bands with black bands 

 above are common (pi. 22, /). Designs on feet are generally simple 

 circles or geometric patterns in red and black (fig. 22). The modeling 

 and incising on lugs and feet have been mentioned and can be seen 

 from the illustrations. Summing up, it can be said that the Poly- 

 chrome I sherds from this site present a rather uniform and distinctive 

 appearance as a ceramic type. Furthermore, analysis of the Indian 

 Hill (site i) sherds indicates that the complete vessel of this ware from 

 the Dixon site is typical. 



Compared to the quantity of thin, polychrome ware, the amount of 

 monochrome, red to brown ware at this site was enormous. Only a 

 very limited selection of this latter type could be transported. Besides 

 the II complete or restorable vessels, and the 15 miniature vessels, 

 some 200 monochrome sherds were saved. Some 15 more or less 

 crude vessels of this ware were sketched and measured, being left at 

 the site along with a great mass of fragmentary pottery. Since all 

 types of complete and model vessels of this ware were preserved, or 

 sketched in the field, these can be regarded as a representative sample 



