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Paste — Continued 



Hardness: 3.0 to 3.5 on the Moh scale. 



Color: Oxidizing atmospliere in whicli colors ranged from an orange red, 

 tan, or buff. Fire clouds absent suggesting that some sort of a crude 

 kiln or well-controlled firing with vessels upright was carried on. Prac- 

 tically no variation from piece to piece in color but a shading from one 

 color into the other. 

 Surface finish : 



Modifications: Exteriors: Treated with cord-wrapped paddle, which was ap- 

 plied carefully but firmly with practically no overlap in the impression. 

 Treatment covers the entire exterior with only an occasional vessel having 

 the lip area treated similarly. Rarely is the upper part of the throat 

 area treated, if so, it only occurs in spots. Interiors are mostly smoothed, 

 some more carefully than others, and the fine sand gives it a slight sandy 

 feel. 



Decoration: Cord elements ranging in diameter from 1.5 to 3 mm. All have 

 a clockwise twist. 



Design : Cord elements were applied in no one special direction but were so 

 applied that the elements either slanted to the left or to the right of the 

 lip or were parallel to the lip. 



Distril)ution: Complete exterior, rarely extended to the lip or over this 

 area, and extremely rare in the throat area. 

 Form: 



Rim: Vertical or slightly flaring. Rarely false rim strip present. 



Lip : Rounded, squared, or flat, rarely slightly tapered. 



Body: 



Ollas: Slight shoulders slightly constricted neck upon an elliptical or 



rounded body. 

 Bowls : Wide-mouthed with vertical sides sloping to conoidal base. 



Base: Conoidal. 



Shape : Small to medium, with rounded to globular body surmounted by a 

 slightly constricted neck, above which is a slight to moderately outward 

 slanting neck terminating with either a rounded, flat, or slightly tapering 

 lip around a wide mouth. 



hyco coarse net-impressed 

 Paste : 



Method of manufacture'^ 

 Temper 



Texture 



Hardness 



Color 



i Resembles Hyco Plain. 



Surface finish : 



Modification : See Hyco Plain. 

 Decoration : 



Techniques : Exterior was treated with a double thickness of medium 

 coarse net whose elements were 15 mm. along the side of fine cord 

 impressions 1 mm. or less in diameter formed by knots which were 

 larger in diameter than the cord elements and were pressed deeper 

 into the clay. 

 Design : Double squares which almost coincided. 

 Distribution : Impressions covered the entire exterior walls of the vessel. 



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