﻿112 SMITIISONI.W MISCELLANEOUS COLLECTIONS \'OL. 74 



San Juan \'alley. In some instances the walls are made of much 

 larger stones, but always vertically placed. 



An examination of the numerous artifacts or small objects like 

 stone implements, pottery (tig. 107), and the like, that were collected 

 in the excavation of the rooms above mentioned, impresses one with 

 the unique character of several, and the differences of the ceramics 

 from those of Spruce-tree House and Clift' Palace. We find charac- 

 teristic cliff-house forms of indented and corrugated ware differ from 

 those of Far \^iew Tower which more closely resemble those found at 

 ripe Shrine House; other forms do not occur in cliff houses. Many 

 specimens of apparcnth coiled ware were decorated with stamps, one 



Fk;. 108. — Stone with parallel 

 grooves, possibly used as a pottery 

 stamp. Pipe Shrine House. Size : 

 2-)4 >^ 2^ X 5 inches. 



of which is shown in figure 108. Among pottery types may be men- 

 tioned : a, food bowls with shiny black interiors and small grooves 

 with corrugations on their exteriors ; /'. pottery showing coils (fig. 

 109) on their exteriors and painted designs on their interiors. The 

 black and white ware is coarse and the designs used in decoration are 

 simple and not very artistic. Representations of a few of these 

 archaic types appear in the accompanying figures. The excavations 

 at Far View Flouse. Pipe Shrine House, and other surface pueblos 

 show that there are several divisions of corrugated ware which 

 should Ije considered. \\'e should not rely wholly on geography in 

 a comparative study of ceramics in the Southwest ; age may also 

 be considered. It is probable that types of architecture have changed 



