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Decokation : 



Treatment: Engraving. 



Design: Decoration is confined to tlie rim, and consists largely of long, 



narrow, rectangular patterns featuring plain lines, ticked lines, and rows 



of engraved "dashes." Lines may be filled with either red or white 



pigment. 



CtTLTUEAL AFFILIATIONS : Indigeuous type of Texarkana and Glendora Foci, but 



absent, or extremely rare, in earlier Texarkana Focus components. May be 



affiliated also with McCurtain and Belcher Foci. 



DiSTBIBUTION : 



Geographical: Northeastern Texas, northwestern Louisiana, and southeast- 

 ern Oklahoma. May extend slightly into Arkansas. 

 Temporal: Estimated, A.D. 1400-1700. 

 Remarks: Closely related typologically to Belcher Engraved (Belcher Focus), 

 Taylor Engraved (Belcher Focus), and Barkman Engraved (Texarkana 

 Focus). 

 Bibliography: Krieger, 1946, p. 230, and fig. 18. 



Cass AppUqued 

 Paste: 



Method of manufacture: Coiled, 



Temper: Clay; occasionally with small amounts of tiny to medium-sized 

 particles of shell and/or bone. 



Texture: Homogeneous, medium hard, usually well fired. 



Color: Surface colors are mostly light oranges, creams and grays, with 

 some mottling due to uneven firing. Core color is generally the same as 

 surface color. 



Surface finish: Well smoothed on the interior. Exterior surface also 

 smoothed, with edges of the applique ridges blended evenly with the sur- 

 face. Tool marks visible, especially where edges of applique strips were 

 smoothed into the surface. 

 Form: 



Wall thickness: Average 6 or 7 mm., range 4 to 9 mm. (measurements 

 taken from peak of ridges to vessel interior). 



Lip: Convex. 



Base: Disk shaped. 



Vessel shape and size: Jars only have been noted. Bodies are globular in 

 shape ; rims are slightly everted. Vessels are 10 to 20 cm. tall. Oral 

 diameters are approximately equal to vessel height. 

 Decoration : 



Treatment : Appliqueing and punctating. 



Design: Thin, closely spaced applique strips, 3 to 5 mm. in width, are 

 arranged in groups or sets, each set consisting of 2 to 10 parallel 

 strips. The sets are diagonally opposed to each other, so that the ends 

 of the strips in one set terminate at a sharp angle against the outer- 

 most strip in the adjoining set. There are usually 10 to 15 sets 

 which cover the entire body of the vessel from base to neck. On the 

 rim are 2 or 3 horizontal bands of closely spaced punctuates made 

 with a blunt-ended implement. 

 CuLTURAi, affiliations : Occurs in components of both the Texarkana and 



Glendora Foci. 

 Distribution : 



Geographical: Not known in detail, but may be presumed to Include the 

 area in which Texarkana and Glendora components occur. 



Chronological: Estimated, A.D. 1300-1700. 



