﻿PIT 
  HOUSES 
  — 
  JUDD. 
  409 
  

  

  design 
  was 
  painted 
  with 
  a 
  reddish-brown 
  pigment 
  14 
  upon 
  a 
  slate- 
  

   colored 
  wash 
  ; 
  the 
  evident 
  lack 
  of 
  skill 
  both 
  in 
  modeling 
  and 
  in 
  deco- 
  

   rating 
  this 
  particular 
  bowl 
  suggests 
  the 
  possibility 
  of 
  its 
  being 
  the 
  

   work 
  of 
  a 
  beginner. 
  One 
  of 
  the 
  bowls 
  has 
  a 
  slightly 
  incurving 
  rim 
  ; 
  

   in 
  all 
  the 
  others 
  the 
  edge 
  is 
  reached 
  directly, 
  i. 
  e., 
  without 
  apparent 
  

   incurve 
  or 
  outcurve. 
  The 
  relatively 
  thin 
  rim 
  in 
  a 
  majority 
  of 
  the 
  

   vessels 
  is 
  rather 
  carelessly 
  rounded 
  and 
  noticeably 
  uneven. 
  In 
  the 
  

   specimens 
  at 
  hand, 
  ornamentation 
  was 
  restricted 
  to 
  the 
  polished 
  in- 
  

   terior 
  of 
  the 
  bowls; 
  the 
  outside 
  surface 
  was 
  not 
  carefully 
  smoothed 
  

   and 
  evidently 
  did 
  not 
  receive 
  the 
  customary 
  slip. 
  Two 
  bowls 
  and 
  a 
  

   small 
  cuplike 
  vessel 
  were 
  not 
  decorated 
  in 
  any 
  manner; 
  handles 
  do 
  

   not 
  appear 
  on 
  any 
  of 
  the 
  bowls 
  in 
  the 
  collection. 
  

  

  In 
  paste, 
  in 
  decoration, 
  and 
  in 
  general 
  workmanship 
  these 
  vessels 
  

   from 
  the 
  Chaco 
  Canyon 
  pit 
  house 
  are 
  characteristic 
  of 
  that 
  phase 
  

   of 
  prehistoric 
  culture 
  in 
  our 
  southwestern 
  United 
  States 
  commonly 
  

   recognized 
  as 
  " 
  pre-Pueblo." 
  Fewkes, 
  Kidder, 
  Morris, 
  and 
  others 
  

   have 
  described 
  the 
  ware 
  in 
  their 
  several 
  reports 
  of 
  explorations 
  

   throughout 
  the 
  San 
  Juan 
  drainage; 
  almost 
  identical 
  specimens 
  are 
  

   figured 
  by 
  Hough 
  in 
  his 
  important 
  contribution 
  on 
  the 
  Luna 
  pit 
  

   houses. 
  Certain 
  decorative 
  elements 
  on 
  the 
  pottery 
  from 
  this 
  an- 
  

   cient 
  Chaco 
  Canyon 
  structure, 
  namely, 
  the 
  combination 
  of 
  thin, 
  

   straight 
  lines 
  with 
  areas 
  of 
  solid 
  black, 
  are 
  suggestive 
  of, 
  but 
  en- 
  

   tirely 
  distinct 
  from, 
  the 
  designs 
  on 
  pottery 
  from 
  such 
  great 
  com- 
  

   munal 
  dwellings 
  as 
  Pueblo 
  Bonito. 
  The 
  closely 
  hachured 
  designs 
  

   so 
  characteristic 
  of 
  the 
  latter 
  do 
  not 
  occur 
  in 
  pit 
  houses 
  so 
  far 
  as 
  

   known. 
  

  

  Cooking 
  pots, 
  as 
  represented 
  in 
  the 
  collection 
  (pi. 
  7), 
  are 
  typical 
  

   of 
  the 
  pit-house 
  culture 
  as 
  identified 
  elsewhere. 
  They 
  present, 
  in- 
  

   deed, 
  one 
  of 
  its 
  most 
  distinguishing 
  features. 
  In 
  shape 
  they 
  are 
  

   globular 
  with 
  wide 
  orifices; 
  their 
  rims 
  are 
  approached 
  with 
  little, 
  

   if 
  any, 
  outflare. 
  That 
  portion 
  of 
  the 
  jar 
  between 
  the 
  shoulder 
  and 
  

   mouth 
  is 
  built 
  up 
  of 
  broad 
  bands 
  of 
  clay, 
  one-fourth 
  to 
  three-fourths 
  

   of 
  an 
  inch 
  wide. 
  These, 
  however, 
  are 
  not 
  true 
  coils 
  as 
  in 
  the 
  case 
  of 
  

   the 
  corrugated 
  ware 
  of 
  the 
  cliff 
  dwellers 
  and 
  other 
  prehistoric 
  peo- 
  

   ples; 
  rather, 
  each 
  band 
  has 
  been 
  added 
  separately, 
  overlapping 
  that 
  

   next 
  below 
  and 
  the 
  union 
  of 
  its 
  ends 
  carefully 
  obliterated. 
  

  

  The 
  paste 
  from 
  which 
  these 
  culinary 
  vessels 
  were 
  shaped 
  is 
  

   coarser 
  and 
  more 
  granular 
  than 
  that 
  employed 
  in 
  manufacture 
  of 
  

   the 
  bowls 
  and 
  decorated 
  water 
  jars 
  previously 
  described. 
  It 
  is 
  noted, 
  

   also, 
  that 
  although 
  both 
  inner 
  and 
  outer 
  surfaces 
  have 
  been 
  

   smoothed 
  — 
  the 
  marks 
  of 
  tools 
  are 
  usually 
  in 
  evidence 
  — 
  no 
  attempt 
  

  

  "Two 
  brown 
  bowls 
  (324807, 
  324808), 
  nicely 
  smoothed 
  on 
  the 
  Inside, 
  seem 
  also 
  to 
  have 
  

   been 
  decorated 
  with 
  red 
  paint, 
  but 
  this 
  has 
  so 
  faded 
  that 
  the 
  original 
  color 
  can 
  not 
  be 
  

   ascertained 
  with 
  certainty 
  ; 
  a 
  small, 
  light-colored 
  cup 
  (324809) 
  has 
  no 
  ornamentation 
  

   whatever. 
  

  

  