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Pap. N^o!' 2^5"/' JOHN H. KERR RESERVOIR BASIN — ^MILLER 167 



Form : 



Rim: Rims were either plain or folded over, giving the appearance of a 



rim strip. There was considerable variation in the size of this folding, 



not only in a single vessel, but within the group. 

 The width of this fold varied from 1 cm. to 3 cm. Whenever this 



overlap of coils is present the wall thickness is not appreciably increased. 



This type of rim is usually short, vertical, or slightly flaring. 

 Lip: Usually the simple variety is present, being either rounded, flattened 



and rounded, or slightly tapered and rounded. Rarely is the lip so 



flattened that part of it protrudes beyond the wall limits creating a crude 



sort of overhang. 

 Body: Elliptical. 

 Base: Conoidal. 

 General shape: Medium large to large ollas, wide-mouthed, with short to 



slightly elongated necks expanding gently to an elliptical body terminating 



in a conoidal base. Mouth width is less than body width. 



Textile-roughened is a category that serves as a sort of catchall. 

 It appears that the basic foundation is a fabric of some type that was 

 either crumpled and impressed onto the wet clay or was patted on 

 and a subsequent attempt was made at partial smoothing that helped 

 to obliterate the pattern of the fabric. 



OLAKKSVUXE FINE NET IMPRESSED 

 (PI. 66, 0, q) 



Paste : Same as for Clarksville Cord-V7rapped Paddle. 

 Surface finish : 



Modifications: After the vessel had been completely shaped and the walls 



hand-smoothed, the vessel was ready for the final treatment. 

 Decoration: 



Exterior: A section of a fine-meshed net, whose mesh measured 3 mm. 

 to 6 mm. square along a side, was crumpled and evenly impressed 

 into the moist clay with practically no overlapping, leaving behind a 

 distinct imprint of the net. The majority of the cord elements varied 

 in diameter from 1.0 mm. to 1.5 mm. In a number of instances the 

 surface was later lightly rubbed over, dimming the net impressions 

 in spots and completely eradicating them in others. 

 Interior: Usually hand-smoothed and occasionally later combed. 

 Lips: Lips were later ticked, pinched, or diagonally gashed along the 

 exterior margin. Punctations occurred rarely along the ridge of the 

 lip. 

 Form : 



Rim: Rims are slightly outfiaring or vertical in outline. Incomplete 

 smoothing in a great number of instances, of the terminal coil or annular 

 ring gave the rim a folded-over or an added rim-strip effect on the exterior. 

 A great variation in width of this psuedo-rim strip effect was attained, 

 since it measured from 1.0 cm. to 2.8 cm. In cross section this effect did 

 not increase or affect the overall thickness of the rim, as a rule, but in a 

 limited number of cases it thickened the upper portions of the rim slightly. 

 Lips: Lips were either rounded, rounded or flattened, or beveled with the 

 highest part of the bevel to the inside of the vessel's orifice. 



