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stain might be termed a slip, as it cannot be rubbed off and was appar- 

 ently applied prior to the last firing. The outer surface of all nine 

 sherds is cord-marked and yellow-buff in color. Cross-sections show 

 that the red stain is almost entirely on the surface. Nearly all these 

 ocher-painted sherds came from cache i, and the type is rather rare 

 in Lost Creek collections generally. 



As the foregoing list of pottery types indicates, there is a great pre- 

 ponderance (90 percent) of cord marking on sherds both from the 

 house and from the locality generally. This cord marking is very 

 distinct, generally running vertically up the body of the vessel (pi. 5, 

 fig. I, ;*) and often at an angle along the rim. It was apparently 

 applied with a cord-wrapped paddle. In a number of cases the pottery 

 had been polished subsequent to the cord marking, thus obscuring the 

 latter (pi. 5, fig. i, /). In thickness the ware is very uniform, averag- 

 ing 5 mm, with little more than i mm variation either way. The sherds 

 are very irregular on their inner surface and give no indications of 

 having been built up by a coiling process ; lump modeling, perhaps 

 with anvil and smoothing stone, appears to have been the method 

 employed. The plain sherds as a rule have been well polished and, 

 even the cord-marked ware has a smooth though irregular feel. A 

 considerable amount of soot occurs on both inner and outer surfaces 

 of some sherds, but there is no indication of any maize-oil coating on 

 the pottery. None of the sherds from house i is large enough to give 

 any positive idea as to shape. However, the almost complete lack of 

 handles or lugs, the predominance of collars, the sharp angle char- 

 acteristic between shoulder and neck, and the absence of any sherds 

 suggesting other than round or semipointed bottoms are notable points. 



Only one complete pot is known from this particular site and that 

 is in the Spence collection at the Hastings (Nebraska) Museum. 

 Through the courtesy of its owner, Karl L. Spence, I am able to 

 illustrate this specimen (pi. 21, fig. i, b). This small pot, having a 

 capacity of slightly more than a pint, was found by C. A. Duncan, 20 

 to 24 inches below the surface in house 2. It is of a dull yellowish buff' 

 color and is heavily cord-marked. The rim is exceptional in its lack of 

 any collar or flare. No other sherds from the site that I have seen have 

 a similar type of rim. The shape and surface texture, however, are 

 very similar to the general run of Lost Creek pot fragments. Another 

 complete pot in the Spence collection (pi. 21, fig. i, a) was found by 

 Mr. Spence on the C. J. Furry farm, just south of the river bridge at 

 Franklin, Nebr. This pot is about 17.5 cm high by 13.7 cm in diameter 

 and holds about half a gallon. It is dusty gray to buff in color, with 

 vertical cord marking on rim and body. The bottom is semipointed, 



