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McKinney Plain 

 Paste : 



Method of manufacture: Coiled. 

 Temper: Clay grit. 



Texture: Granular, fairly homogeneous, of small- to medium-sized parti- 

 cles. Well fired. Paste Is unusually hard, so that sherds tend to shat- 

 ter rather than crumble. 

 Color: Light shades of gray and brown, creams, and buffs. Core and in- 

 terior surface frequently same color as external surface, although core 

 is sometimes darlier. 

 Surface finish: Both exterior and interior poorly smoothed. 

 Fobm: 



Wall thickness: 6 to 8 mm. average. Extreme range of 4 to 12 mm. 

 Lip: Flat or convex. 

 Base: Disk shaped. 



Vessel shape and size: No complete specimens are available for study, 

 but size, as indicated by sherds, is very large, most specimens probably 

 being 25 to 50 cm. high. The body bulges slightly, and contracts a little 

 at the neck. Rims are high and slightly flaring. Occurs mostly (or 

 entirely) in the form of large jars. 

 Decobation : 



Treatment: Appliqueing, brushing, incising, and roughening. 

 Design: Four vertical applique strips, 4 to 10 mm. wide, are usually pres- 

 ent. They are equally spaced, and may be either confined to the rim 

 or extend from the lip to some point on the body. The strips are com- 

 monly flattened or pinched at short intervals. Sometimes vertical rows 

 of elongated nodes replace the continuous strips. The rim is rough- 

 ened and the body, between the applique strips, may be lightly brushed, 

 covered with parallel Incised lines, or left undecorated. Rarely, dec- 

 oration may be entirely absent. 

 CuLTUEAL AFFILIATIONS : ludigeuous type of the Texarkana Focus. Occurrence 

 outside of Texarkana Focus components is obscure, due principally, perhaps, 

 to lack of data. 

 Distribution : Oeographical: Includes Texarkana Focus area and may extend 

 into southeastern Oklahoma, northwestern Louisiana, and southwestern 

 Arkansas. 

 BiBLiooBAPHT : Kricger, 1946, fig. 18, o, 6, under Texarkana Focus. 



Pease Brushed-Incised 

 Paste : 



Method of manufacture: Coiled. 



Temper: Clay grit, occasionally with a small amount of bone. 



Texture: Granular, fairly homogeneous, medium-sized particles. Medium 



hard; fairly well fired; usually friable. 

 Color: Surface colors are buffs, light grays, dark grays, and black, often 



variable due to uneven firing. Core is usually darker than surface. 

 Surface finish: Interior smoothed; exterior roughened. 

 Fobm: 



Wall thickness: Average 5 to 7 mm., extreme range 4 to 10 mm. 



Lip: Sharply convex to flat. 



Base: Flat and round. 



Vessel shape and size: Ovoid Jars with slightly out-flaring rims. Rims 



vary considerably in height. The widest part of the vessel is usually 



well down the body, and the upper part of the body is constricted to- 



