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  ANNUAL 
  REPORT 
  SMITHSONIAN 
  INSTITUTION, 
  1922. 
  

  

  which 
  formerly 
  stood 
  against 
  the 
  south 
  wall 
  ; 
  their 
  impressions 
  were 
  

   plainly 
  visible 
  in 
  some 
  of 
  the 
  larger 
  adobe 
  masses 
  and 
  their 
  scattered 
  

   sherds 
  were 
  recovered 
  in 
  considerable 
  quantities. 
  Altogether, 
  11 
  

   earthenware 
  jars 
  and 
  8 
  bowls 
  have 
  been 
  restored 
  from 
  the 
  pottery 
  

   fragments 
  collected 
  at 
  this 
  site 
  (pi. 
  3, 
  fig. 
  2). 
  

  

  Certainly 
  the 
  most 
  noteworthy 
  of 
  these 
  vessels 
  are 
  the 
  two 
  large 
  

   black-on-white 
  water 
  jars 
  shown 
  in 
  plate 
  4. 
  One 
  (a) 
  stands 
  16-J- 
  

   inches 
  (41.1 
  cm.) 
  in 
  height 
  and 
  has 
  a 
  diameter 
  of 
  13| 
  inches 
  (34.2 
  

   cm.) 
  ; 
  its 
  orifice 
  is 
  oval 
  in 
  shape, 
  2| 
  inches 
  wide 
  by 
  4 
  inches 
  long 
  

   (6.78 
  by 
  10.2 
  cm.) 
  . 
  A 
  crack 
  running 
  downward 
  from 
  each 
  end 
  of 
  the 
  

   opening 
  indicates 
  a 
  slight 
  unintentional 
  misshaping, 
  perhaps 
  due 
  to 
  

   pressure 
  early 
  in 
  the 
  firing 
  process. 
  The 
  second 
  jar 
  (b) 
  is 
  17| 
  inches 
  

   (45 
  cm.) 
  high 
  by 
  14| 
  inches 
  (36.8 
  cm.) 
  in 
  diameter; 
  its 
  mouth, 
  also 
  

   oval, 
  is 
  2f 
  inches 
  wide 
  by 
  4 
  inches 
  long 
  (6.98 
  by 
  10.1 
  cm.). 
  In 
  both 
  

   vessels 
  the 
  body 
  is 
  decorated 
  by 
  an 
  elaborate 
  geometric 
  pattern 
  and, 
  

   above 
  this, 
  interlocking 
  spirals 
  representing 
  plumed 
  serpents. 
  Three 
  

   seems 
  to 
  have 
  been 
  the 
  favorite 
  number 
  for 
  such 
  spirals 
  but 
  in 
  the 
  

   second 
  jar 
  (b) 
  there 
  are 
  five, 
  the 
  serpents 
  being 
  represented 
  by 
  single, 
  

   somewhat 
  angular 
  lines, 
  above 
  which 
  is 
  an 
  encircling, 
  zigzag 
  line. 
  

   Fragments 
  of 
  four 
  other 
  large 
  jars, 
  not 
  sufficiently 
  complete 
  to 
  war- 
  

   rant 
  restoration, 
  show 
  similar 
  treatment 
  but, 
  on 
  one 
  of 
  these, 
  the 
  

   body 
  ornamentation 
  reached 
  nearly 
  to 
  the 
  rim 
  and 
  on 
  another, 
  whose 
  

   upper 
  portion 
  is 
  entirely 
  missing, 
  interlocking 
  plumed 
  serpents 
  form 
  

   the 
  basic 
  feature 
  of 
  the 
  main 
  design. 
  In 
  all 
  six 
  specimens 
  the 
  exterior 
  

   surface 
  has 
  been 
  washed 
  with 
  a 
  thin 
  white 
  slip 
  as 
  a 
  background 
  for 
  

   the 
  black 
  paint 
  of 
  the 
  design. 
  None 
  of 
  these 
  water 
  jars 
  was 
  provided 
  

   with 
  handles 
  or 
  the 
  outflaring 
  rim 
  so 
  typical 
  of 
  later 
  pre-Pueblo 
  

   ollas. 
  

  

  One 
  small 
  jar 
  (pi. 
  5, 
  fig. 
  1) 
  has 
  this 
  noticeable 
  difference 
  from 
  

   the 
  larger 
  vessels: 
  A 
  constricted 
  shoulder 
  permits 
  a 
  more 
  direct 
  

   approach 
  to 
  the 
  rim 
  and 
  provides 
  the 
  specimen 
  with 
  what 
  might 
  be 
  

   called 
  a 
  neck. 
  A 
  reddish-brown 
  body 
  decoration 
  has 
  wholly 
  disap- 
  

   oeared 
  except 
  in 
  one 
  limited 
  area; 
  the 
  upper 
  portion 
  shows 
  three 
  

   horizontal, 
  wavy 
  lines 
  adjacent 
  to 
  the 
  rim. 
  

  

  Three 
  of 
  the 
  eight 
  bowls 
  recovered 
  have 
  interior 
  decorations, 
  

   drawn 
  with 
  black 
  pigment 
  over 
  a 
  white 
  slip 
  (pi. 
  6) 
  ; 
  the 
  rim 
  edge 
  of 
  

   each 
  has 
  been 
  flattened 
  by 
  rubbing 
  and 
  carries 
  a 
  black 
  line, 
  a 
  char- 
  

   acteristic 
  feature 
  of 
  bowls 
  from 
  the 
  principal 
  Chaco 
  Canyon 
  cul- 
  

   ture. 
  One 
  specimen 
  (324805), 
  rather 
  cruder 
  in 
  workmanship 
  and 
  

   more 
  straight-sided 
  than 
  the 
  others, 
  is 
  ornamented 
  with 
  four 
  hori- 
  

   zontal 
  bands 
  crossed 
  at 
  intervals 
  by 
  two 
  or 
  four 
  vertical 
  lines. 
  This 
  

  

  