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a rather blunt instrument. So far as the Survey collections from 

 Sarpy and Cass Counties are concerned, rim sherds with plain lips 

 greatly outnumber those with incised or finger-marked lips. Lugs 



T.\BLE 6. — Types of Rims from Nebraska Culture Sites Excavated by the Survey 



Rim sherds with collar: 



a. Rim with slight collar deco- 



rated with cord marks and 

 (or) incisions (pi. 15, fig. i, 



h, fig. 2, a, b, c) 



Rim sherds without collar: 



b. Rim straight or with slight 



flare, plain lip (pi. 14, fig. i, 

 <?;pl. 15, fig. I, d, e,f). . 



c. Rim straight or with slight 



flare, incised or finger- 

 marked lip (pis. 13, b; 15, 

 fig. \, a, b, c) 



d. Rim with small punctate deco- 



ration outside and below lip 



e. Rim with incised pattern on 



neck 



Rim sherds (without collar) with 

 lugs: 



f. Rim having round lug with 



vertical perforation (pis. 

 13, i>; 15, fig. 2 g). . 



g. Rim with flare forming lug 



with vertical perforation 

 (pis. 14, fig. I, d; 15, fig. 



2, /) ... 



h. Rim having lug with horizon- 

 tal perforation (pi. 15, fig. 2 



i) 



i. Rim having horizontal unper- 



forated lug (pi. 15, fig. 2, 



e, h) 



j. Rim having vertical unper- 



forated lug 



Rim sherds (without collar) with 



handles: 

 k. Rim with plain loop handle 



(pi. 14, fig. I, c; fig. 2, h,j, 



k, /; pi. 15, fig. I, i) 



1. Rim with indented loop handle 



Rock Bluffs site 



House 2 House S 



27 



20 

 2 

 O 



Gates site 



House 1 House 2 House 3 



16 



9 

 O 



o 



69 



5 

 o 

 o 



13 



o 



126 



35 



2 

 o 



23 

 I 



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are common on these sherds, vertical perforations predominating over 

 the unperforated and the rare horizontal perforated lugs. Lugs may 

 be formed merely by a flare at each end of the rim which is per- 

 forated ; by having the upper edge of the lug formed by an extension 

 of the rim with a keylike projection on the lower end which pene- 

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