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characteristic mode of decoration on collared rims consists of a zone 

 at the lower edge of the collar which has been pinched up between 

 thumb and forefinger, leaving a series of depressions with sharp 

 ridges or nipples between them. (PI. 9, fig. i, d, illustrates the type.) 

 All of the characteristic rim decorations and other features of this ware 

 can be seen in plates 5, 9, and 21. 



Although identical in all major characteristics, the ceramics per- 

 taining to this culture from the Loup drainage exhibit certain ad- 



Table 5. — Types of Rims from Two Upper Republican Culture Sites 



House 1, 

 Lost Creek 



Prairie Dog 

 Creek Ossuary 



Total 



Rim sherds with marked collar: 



Collar decorated with incised horizontal lines 



(pi. 5, hg. I, b, e; dg. 2, d) 



Collar decorated with incised design of chevron 



type (pi. 5, fig. I, g, ^) 



Collar decorated with incised design of diamond 



type (pi. 5, fig. I, a, d; pi. 9, fig. i, b, e). . . 



Collar decorated with incised design of barred 



triangle (pi. 5, fig. i, /) 



Collar without incised decoration but with 

 notches along lower edge (pi. 5, fig. 2, c; pi. 



g, (\g. 1, a, d,f). 



Collar without incised decoration or notches 

 along lower edge (pi. 5, fig. 1 , i; pi. 9, fig. i , c) 

 Rim sherds without collar: 

 ' Neck decorated with incised horizontal lines 



(pi. 5, fig. I, /r). . 



Neck decorated with incised design of chevron 



type (pi. 9, fig. I, n). 



Neck decorated with incised design of diamond 



,type. 



Neck without incised decoration (pi. 9, fig. i, 



fi, i,j, k, I) 



Rim sherds with lugs or handles 



Total 



29 



7 

 2 

 I 



4 



I (?) 



15 

 28 



57 



34 



17 

 36 



3 

 I 



2 



61 

 I 



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ditional features. The site at Sweetwater, since it is the only one 

 of this culture extensively investigated, may be taken as typical, 

 especially since superficial examination reveals the Sweetwater type 

 of pottery at numerous other sites in the region. So far as pottery 

 is concerned, therefore, the ceramic complex of the Upper Republican 

 culture can at present (1932) be divided into two phases (focii), a 

 Lost Creek phase (Republican River) and a Sweetwater phase 

 (Loup Fiver). The Sweetwater phase apparently has all the char- 

 acteristics of the former with the addition of single cord impressions 

 forming geometric patterns on the collar of vessels, ])lus the occasional 

 use of loop handles and lugs (pi. Ji, fig. 2, e-m) . When the pottery 



