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cm. wide, is smoothed and is bordered above and below by a row of 

 punctates. Another sherd, slightly larger than that shown, is un- 

 doubtedly from the same jar, so that three, or possibly all four, 

 lobes are partially present. This must have been a fairly large jar, 

 though smaller than the ovoid culinary utensils represented by plate 

 4, «, but the exact dimensions as well as the form of underbody and 

 base are conjectural. 



Similar to the above, but from smaller and cruder vessels, are two 

 sherds showing a plain neck and parts of two "lobes" or rounded 

 corners. In each the lobe is set off by a crude incised line, but neither 

 the bulge nor the intervening flat areas are ornamented. One includes 

 part of a narrow rocker-marked rim with nearly obliterated punctates 

 immediately below. Still another sherd (pi. 7, j) lacks the rim, though 

 including a bit of the plain neck. Definitely evidenced is the begin- 

 ning of a lobe, bordered by an incised line. Below this line, on the 

 lobe, is rocker roughening, the rocker having been held parallel to the 

 bordering lines. The roughened zone varies in width from 12 to 20 

 mm., and was evidently curved or circular. Below is a smoothed 

 area which bears a dull-red coating with a rusty appearance when 

 rubbed. This piece is thin, hard, and well made. 



Bowls are indicated by one partly restored specimen and several 

 fragments. The partly restored piece (pi. 8, c; also Wedel, 1938, pi. 

 6, A) includes about a third of the original vessel with a 22-cm. 

 section of the rim. This arc, projected, would indicate a maximum 

 body diameter of 28-30 cm. The bowl was circular, compressed 

 vertically, with the rim turning inward (fig. 4, m). The lip is 

 rounded, slopes inward slightly, and is noticeably thicker than the 

 vessel wall (fig. 4, h). The latter averages about 4 mm. in thickness. 

 The exterior surface and lip are well smoothed, the interior less so. 

 Color varies from light gray with black firing clouds on the interior 

 to a variable dark reddish exterior. On the outside of the piece is 

 a design, perhaps a conventionalized hand, outlined by a wide shallow 

 groove within which is a rocker-roughened area. Part of another 

 similarly roughened area remains at each end of the sherd, suggesting 

 that originally there may have been four such units. There are traces 

 of red paint on and between the roughened areas but not on the bowl 

 interior. Two other small rimsherds, undecorated and with flat lips, 

 have a curvature almost identical with the sides of the above bowl 

 fragment, and probably are from vessels of the same general size 

 and shape. Other fragments, two in number, are of soft fine yellow 

 clay, with no visible tempering, and very roughly shaped into a small 

 rude bowl. This vessel looks like a beginner's or very inept potter's 

 work. 



The noteworthy features and provenience of the 524 rimsherds are 

 presented in summary form in table 2, and most of the common types 



