Pap. No!' 2¥|''" JOHN H. KERR RESERVOIR BASIN — MILLER 161 



This treatment, applied over the entire exterior surface, was occa- 

 sionally applied to the lip area as well. Rarely was it carried over 

 into the throat region, but when it was employed it was not entire but 

 spotty (Tolstoy, 1953, p. 27). 



OLAEKSVILLE TEXTILE IMPRESSED 



(PI. 66, j-q) 

 Paste : See Clarksville Cord-Wrapped Paddle. 



SUBFACE FINISH : 



Modification: Same as for Clarksville Cord-Wrapped Paddle. 



Decoration: Exteriors impressed with a number of different fabric weaves, 

 which are discussed under the subtitle of "Weaving." In this ware the 

 rims receive, in sufficient number, the true added strip on the exterior, 

 thus adding to the overall thickness. In some cases this strip was added 

 after the rim was given its initial treatment and the strip was added 

 over this impression. The added strip was impressed afterward. The 

 mechanics were revealed on sherds where parts of the rim strip were shed. 

 Finger pinching and diagonal gashes, arranged in parallel fashion, occur 

 along the exterior margin of lips, and pinching and gouging are present 

 on the added rim strip. 

 Foem: 



Rim: Plain or added rim strips were added to either vertical or slanting 

 rims. These may vary in width from 1.5 cm. to 2.8 cm. and protrude a 

 distance of 1 cm. to 1.5 cm. beyond the normal rim width. On the normal 

 plain rim there is no thickening. 



Lip : Rounded, flattened and rounded, rounded and slightly tapering. 



Body: Elliptical or slightly rounded. 



Body wall thickness: Averages 8.0 mm. 



Base: Conoidal. 



In this study the various textile-impressed sherds were first sepa- 

 rated as they made up the greater part of the types present. They 

 were next subdivided into the various textile categories whenever an 

 accurate identification could be made, such as plain plaiting, twilling, 

 twining, plain twining, coiling. Net types are not included within 

 this category. The exteriors of textile-impressed sherds were then 

 treated with plastecene or liquid latex to develop the positives of the 

 textiles used. In a number of instances the exterior surfaces showed 

 that the textile used had been wadded up before the surface was 

 patted, leaving behind an indistinct pattern which was vaguely dis- 

 tinct over small portions of the surface of the vessel. Such sherds 

 were placed in the "Fabric Eoughened" group. Whether the warp 

 elements ran horizontally or vertically is of little consequence or 

 importance, since it depended upon how the potter held the cloth, at 

 his discretion, a trait which does not imply cultural meaning. In 

 most instances the textiles and net were applied very carefully and not 

 slapdash. There is practically no evidence that any of the textiles 

 were wrapped around a paddle before they were malleated onto the 



