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Similiar in shape but with more convex sides is the specimen in 

 phite 39, h. The color varies from dark to light gray, the darker 

 areas being polished. A trifle larger than the other, it is 12.7 cm. 

 high by 16.2 cm. in diameter, although the intenor of the orifice 

 (12.2 cm.) is slightly less. Two thickened rounded tabs rise up and 

 out from the plain lip on opposite sides of the bowl. A deeply in- 

 cised line encircles it 4.5-5 cm. below the lip. Above this are seven 

 pairs of inverted broadly V-shaped incised units, the point of each 

 being 3-5 mm. below the lip. Another series of similar elements 

 occurs below the midline, each lying directly below an interval be- 

 tween successive units in the upper row. None of the V's intersect 

 with the midline, and the lower ones end where the vessel walls be- 

 gin to curve sharply in and under for the base. 



The jar in plate 39, c, recalls the larger ones believed to be character- 

 istic at Steed-Kisker. The present example is 12 cm. high, with di- 

 ameters of 18 and 12.5 cm. at shoulder and neck, respectively. The 

 surface, though thickly pitted, shows some evidence of a former pol- 

 ish; it is mostly dull gray to buff in color. Between shoulder and 

 neck is a rudely incised zone comprising 11 double-line inverted V 

 units much like those on the preceding vessel. There is some sug- 

 gestion of an undulating discontinuous bordering line along the up- 

 per edge, so placed that its sinuosities create the effect of a third 

 broad V or U over each unit. On opposing sides, two small loop han- 

 dles rise from the low recurved rim to fasten again on the upper body 

 below the neck. 



In plate 39, ^, is shown a well-polished dark pot with finely pitted 

 surface and light gray paste. The hemispherical underbody culmi- 

 nates in a rounded shoulder ; the neck is constricted and the rim flares 

 outward slightly. Two modeled humans face upward and inward 

 across the jar from opposite sides; each has an effigy head with pro- 

 nounced aquiline nose, in one case with the nostrils indicated and 

 deep punch marks for the mouth and eyes. Beside each the vessel 

 rim has been manipulated by pressure and incising so that the bent 

 arms extend on each side along the lip with the fingers spread loosely. 

 Each hand has its full quota of five digits. The illustrations (pi. 

 39, d) may help to clarify the nature of this feature, though the ver- 

 tical view unfortunately does not bring out all the details. There is 

 no other decoration. As to dimensions, the vessel stands 10.2 cm. 

 high with a body diameter of 15.6 cm. and a neck of 11.8 cm. 



A rougher pot of about the same size, which must nevertheless 

 have been well polished at one time, is that in plate 40, h. This is dark 

 gray in color, but where scaling or abrasion has taken place, as on 

 the base, a light buff paste with shell inclusions is visible. The darker 

 surface appears to be a polished slip, as probably also in most of the 

 other better jars from the mound. There is no distinct neck, tlie rim 



