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used  in  building  up  the  wall  of  the  vessel.  The  fracture  has  followed 
the  line  of  contact  of  two  coils.  On  the  right  may  be  seen  the  bottom 
of  a  coil  of  clay  which  had  been  worked  down  over  the  one  below, 
but  which  had  not  become  closely  combined. 
The  triangular  fragment  in  the  top  row  shows  very  deep,  sharply 
defined  impressions  of  single  cords  which  continued  over  the  top  of 
the  vessel.  The  cords  passed  at  an  angle  over  the  rim,  forming  a 
very  rough  surface.  It  is  flat  and  does  not  have  the  usual  curved 
surface  of  a  rim,  which  suggests  a  vessel  with  a  square  opening. 
The  large,  worn  fragment  on  the  left  end  of  the  second  row  is  the 
only  piece  found  on  the  site  that  bears  the  impression  of  what  is 
believed  to  be  basketry.  The  texture  of  the  ware  differs  from  that 
of  the  majority  of  specimens.  It  is  more  porous,  and  on  the  surfaces 
are  many  small  cavities  caused  by  the  leaching  away  of  the  tempering 
material,  thought  to  have  been  crushed  shells.  The  rim  was  indented 
in  a  manner  somewhat  similar  to  a,  next  to  be  described,  but  had 
become  smoothed  from  use.   The  vessel  was  evidently  large. 
The  two  forms  of  rim  decoration  mentioned  are  found  more  clearly 
defined  on  other  specimens. 
Specimen  a.  Coiled  ware,  with  surface  greatly  weathered  and  now 
bleached  to  a  light  brownish  color.  On  the  surface  are  many  very 
faint  impressions  of  fine,  twisted  cords  which  may  have  been  part  of 
a  net.  The  clay  evidently  contained  a  small  amount  of  shell  tempering 
which  has  decayed,  resulting  in  the  few  cavities  which  are  now  visible 
on  the  surface  and  on  the  fractured  edges.  The  rim  is  decorated  as 
shown,  exact  size,  in  a,  figure  4. 
Specimen  h.  Very  hard,  compact  ware,  which  does  not  show  any 
evidence  of  coils  of  clay  in  forming  the  vessel.  Tempering  very 
coarse  sand,  two  pieces  of  which  project  from  the  right  side  of  the 
fragment  and  are  visible  in  the  photograph.  The  surface  bears  the 
impression  of  a  net  which  had  been  carried  over  the  top  and  impressed 
on  the  rim.  This  is  drawn,  natural  size,  in  b,  figure  4.  Many  speci- 
mens found  on  the  site  were  similarly  decorated. 
As  previously  mentioned,  many  fragments  of  earthenware  bear 
the  impressions  of  nets.  The  meshes  of  some  were  small  and  regular, 
others  were  much  coarser  and  made  of  heavier  cords. 
Specimen  c.  A  very  hard  ware  that  contains  much  sand,  some  of 
which  is  very  coarse ;  one  piece  of  quartz,  being  as  thick  as  the  wall 
of  the  vessel,  is  exposed  on  both  the  inside  and  outside.  The  surface 
of  this  bit  of  pottery  reveals  the  impression  of  a  beautiful  example 
of  net  making.    The  cords  are  finer  than  the  great  majority,  and  the 
