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SMITHSONIAN MISCELLANEOUS COLLECTIONS VOL. 8l 



As may be seen from the figures drawn from sherds, no curviHnear 

 designs at all were found, all being strictly rectilinear ; only one life 

 form was noted (fig. 7). 



The black on white ware was mostly in the form of ollas and bowls. 

 The small heart-shaped jars are particularly handsome (pi. 13, c, d). 

 Two of these were found, one whole and the other in such condi- 

 tion that it could be restored. The designs are shown in plate 13, 

 c, d, and figures 8, 9. Figure 10 is a reconstructed design from the 

 top of a water jar. Enough fragments of this were found to recon- 

 struct about five-eighths of it. 



The interlocking fret shown in a number of cases on the Taos black 

 on white ware is almost identical with that found in the Aztec ruin 



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Fig. 12. — Interlocking fret design. From Oak Tree House, Mesa 

 Verde National Park, Southwestern Colorado. 



(fig. 11), and figured by Earl Morris in the American Anthropologist, 

 Vol. 17, 191 5, p. 676, and also on sherds found by the writer when 

 acting as assistant to Dr. J. W. Fewkes, at Oak Tree House, on the 

 jMesa Verde, in 1921 (fig. 12). 



The dividing of the top of an olla as shown in figures 8 and 9 is 

 common to most parts of the southwestern prehistoric Pueblo culture 

 area. Figure 13 was taken from the paper cited above on the Aztec 

 Ruin by Earl Morris. 



The varied designs of the Taos region include zigzags, triangles, 

 checkerboard and many other forms (fig. 14, and pi. 14). 



Black on red ware. — Only a few sherds from vessels belonging to 

 this group were found and these are not enough to give any definite 

 opinion as to the general characteristics of the type in the Taos region. 



