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plastic vessel's walls. Evidence shows that the textile was placed 

 directly upon the exterior surfaces and firmly patted into the surface. 



CLABKSVILLE FABEIC-MAEKED 



(PI. 67, a, h, e) 



Paste : Same as f oi* Clarksville Cord- Wrapped Paddle. 

 Surface finish : 



Modificaticm: See Clarksville Cord-Wrapped Paddle. 

 Decoration: 



Design elements: Cord elements, ranging in diameter from 1.5 mm. to 

 3.0 mm. ; all having a right-hand twist, wrapped either closely or 

 loosely on a paddle or on the hand. 

 Design: Cord elements were malleated in no special design or direction. 

 They were either parallel to, diagonal to, or vertical to the rim of the 

 vessel. 

 DistHhution: Cord elements completely covered the entire exterior. 

 Very rarely was this decoration carried over onto the lip; it was 

 extremely rare in the upper regions of the throat. 

 Form : 



Rim: Vertical or slightly flaring. Rim strips present. 



Lip: Simple rounded, flat and rounded, or slightly tapered and rounded. 



Body: See Hyco Fabric Marked. 



The differences between Hyco Fabric-Marked and Clarksville Fab- 

 ric-Marked are: (1) Clarksville has a sandier paste utilizing larger 

 particles of sand making for a less compact paste; (2) Hyco Fabric- 

 Marked was fired in an oxidizing atmosphere while Clarksville Fabric- 

 Marked was fired in an oxido- reducing atmosphere; (3) exterior 

 coloration; and (4) Hyco Fabric-Marked is thinner walled. 



Fabric-marked or plain-plaited fabric occurs not only on jar forms 

 with conoidal bases and slightly constricted necks but also on straight- 

 sided, wide-mouthed deep bowls with conoidal bases. Wlienever such 

 treatment is found — whether in Indiana in the Baum Focus (Grif- 

 fin, 1943) ; in Tennessee in the Candy Creek Focus as described by 

 Lewis and Kneberg; in Alabama in the Dallas Focus of Haag; in Mis- 

 sissippi in the Saltillo Focus of Jennings, Cotter, and Corbett; in 

 Georgia in the Dallas of Caldwell ; in North Carolina in the Moore's 

 Creek Focus of Miller; in South Carolina in the Horry Focus of 

 IVIiller; or in Virginia in the Hyco River Focus of Miller — it consti- 

 tutes one pottery cotradition indicative of spatial relationships on a 

 relative time level. Such a concept is based upon the application of 

 identical techniques applied to exterior surfaces of vessels in which 

 there is variation of form typical of the Woodland tradition. 



Fabric-marked has been described in the literature as "cord- 

 wrapped stick," "cord-w^rapped dowel," "fabric-marked," and "fabric 

 impressed." All are synonyms. This similarity does not mean, neces- 

 sarily, that there is a close generic relationship but only indicates a 

 rather widespread distribution of such a technique on a pre-Adena 



