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which substantiated the order suspected by Dr. Kidder. This sequence 

 has withstood the test of stratigraphy, and has been verified by dates 

 from beams found at Kawaioku in close association with pottery 

 specimens representing the different periods. This development is not 

 clearly understood as yet, and will be presented at some future time 

 after the study of pottery specimens collected has been completed. 

 The tentative classification used in field research is based upon the 

 order in which characteristic pottery types first appear, and though 

 the order of development has been verified, the periods as designated 

 may later be revised. In the following classification only the type 

 specimen for each division will be given. The classification is as 

 follows : 



Pueblo III (Basic complex) : Kayenta black-on-white and Kayenta 



polychrome. 

 Jeddito black-on-orange 

 Jeddito black-on-yellow 

 Sikyatki polychrome 



Pueblo IV, Period A 

 Pueblo IV, Period B 

 Pueblo IV, Period C 



In an effort to help clarify the matter of Southwestern terminology, 

 names of ceramic types follow the recommendations of the 1927 

 Pecos Conference. They are binomial — a geographic locality followed 

 by a descriptive term. Generally speaking the type specimens of 

 Pueblo III and Pueblo IV of the Hopi region are easily described; 

 specifically, they are difficult of description. Pueblo III at the present 

 time embraces the types found at Betatakin and Keet Seel, as de- 

 scribed by Kidder,' and others. Though it is reasonable to expect 

 further divisions of Pueblo III in the Hopi country, our knowledge 

 is not yet sufficient to designate any one type as representative of a 

 definite division, so we are necessarily forced to classify the period 

 by its ceramic development. Period A of Pueblo IV is different, 

 however; it is characterized by a ware of a peculiar shade of orange, 

 sometimes ranging from almost red to a near-brown, which is dec- 

 orated with black paint and has sherd temper. This is Jeddito black-on- 

 orange and is found consistently associated either with late black-on- 

 white, an earlier developed ware, or with Jeddito black-on-yellow, the 

 succeeding type. Color alone is not sufficient for the identification of 

 these types, for specimens in peripheral sites often are similar in 

 color though they differ in other details which are recognized by one 

 familiar with either type. Frequently the diiference cannot be fully 



^ An introduction to the study of Southwestern Archaeology. A. V. Kidder, 

 Yale Univ. Press, New Haven, 1924. 



