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III. Miscellaneous cord marked sherds — Continued 



D. Body sherds (sample: 19) : A heterogeneous grouping, none of which 

 can be categorized into the preceding units. The sherds resemble each 

 other only in the common characteristic of cord-marked surfaces. As is 

 also the case of III A, B, and C above, a close typological relationship 

 to group B is suggested. On an inductive basis, the lack of transitional 

 sherds indicates the necessity for a separate description. 



IV. Sherds with "trailed" decoration (sample: 2 rimsherds) (pi. 28, d, e) : Grit 



temper, moderately coarse texture, gray color, lip flat with narrow ex- 

 ternal overhang ( thickness : 6.5 mm. ) , neck slightly insloping ( thickness : 

 6.0 mm.), traiied-line decoration, short oblique stamps occur on external 

 surface of lip. Adjacent to the lower border of the latter are five parallel 

 trailed lines. From the lowermost is suspended a series of triangles formed 

 by oblique lines following opposing directions in adjacent paneled motifs. 

 In terms of paste, color, and motif, these sherds suggest a close typological 

 relationship to Group A. 



V. Plain "Wares." 



A. Miscellaneous plain sherds (sample : 4 rimsherds, 11 body sherds, portions 



of 2 vessels), temper of coarse sand or fine gravel (2.0-5.0 mm.), 

 coarse texture, exterior surface "crinkled" with innumerable firing 



cracks, core compact, color buff to dark gray with many firing clouds, 

 exterior roughly smoothed with finger or tool marks locally visible, 

 interior rough, lip rounded (thickness: 7.0-9.5 mm.), rim and neck 

 insloping and blending smoothly into shoulder (thickness: 6.5-8.0 mm., 

 height : 21.0-31.0 mm. ) , shoulder smoothly curved, body form suggests 



a short-necked "olla." A series of hemiconical stamps occurs on the ex- 

 terior portion of the lip. 



B. Miscellaneous plain sherds (sample: 9 rimsherds, portions of 9 vessels 



(pis. 27, g-i; 28, /) : Sand temper containing small pebbles (0.5-1.5 

 mm.), medium coarse texture, compact core, orange to gray color, 

 smoothed body, flattened lip (thickness: 4.5-6.0 mm.), incurved rim 

 (thickness: 5.5-8.5 mm., height; 24.0-35.0 mm.), smoothly curved 

 shoulder (one example sharply angular) (thickness: 7.5 mm.), body 

 form unknown, lip decoration of hemiconical or angular stamps applied 

 vertically (or slightly oblique) to the external edge of lip. This group 

 of slierds, in terms of lip decoration, suggests a typological relationship 

 to Plain Ware A above. The latter is heavier and in general more 

 crudely constructed. 



C. Miscellaneous plain sherds (sample: 2 rimsherds, representing 2 dif- 



ferent vessels) (pi. 28, c) : Sand temper, medium smooth texture, com- 

 pact core, buff color, surface scraped, tool marks still visible on lower 

 rim, body form unknown, lip flattened but with slight inner flange 

 (thickness: 6.5 mm.), rim and neck incurved (thickness: 8.0 mm.; 

 height : 23.0, 33.0 mm. ) , upper surface of lip punctated to produce an 

 angular, saw-toothed edge. 



D. Miscellaneous plain sherds with punctated rims. 



1. Rimsherd (13.TH202-661/1) (pi. 28, a) : Sand temper, medium rough 

 texture, compact core, gray color, smoothed or scraped surface, lip 

 beveled toward exterior (thickness: 4.5 mm.), rim incurved and 

 upright (thickness: 5.0 mm.), body form unknown, juncture of lip 

 bevel and rim stamped with a cylindrical tooL 



