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Ornamentation. — Rim margins are modified for decorative pur- 

 poses, very much as they are in bowls. See Figs. 5 and 6. 



The bodies of these vessels are often elaborately ornamented, 

 mostly by incised figures, but often by punctures, nodes and ribs. 

 The incised lines are arranged principally in groups of straight lines 

 forming angular figures — a very archaic style — and in groups of fes- 

 tooned lines so placed as to resemble scales. The punctures are 

 made with a sharp point and form encircling lines and various care- 

 lessly executed patterns. A rude sort of ornamentation is produced 

 by pinching up the soft clay of the surface between the nails of the 

 fingers and thumb. Relief ornament consists chiefly of applied fillets 

 of clay, arranged to form vertical ribs. Rows of nodes are sometimes 

 seen, and in a few cases the whole body'is covered with rude nodes. 



Illustrations. — The specimens selected for illustration are in- 

 tended to epitomize the forms and decorations of a very great num- 

 ber of vessels, and are not always the most showy examples to be 

 found. 



A vessel of rather exceptional shape is given in Fig. 39. It could 

 as well be classified with bowls as with pots. The ware is of the 



Fk;. 39.— ;V 



rude kind generally used over the fire. The body is high and cyl- 

 indrical, the rim flaring, and the bottom quite flat. The form is 

 suggestive of our domestic crockery. 



Another bowl-like pot is illustrated in Fig. 40. It is of the dark, 

 rudely hand-polished variety. The body is globular, the neck is 

 very short and is ornamented with a dentate band. Below this are 

 two pairs of perforations, probably used for suspending the vessel. 

 There are a numbei' of vessels of this variety, mostly smaller than 

 the example given. 



