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FoBM — Continued 



Body: Generalized Woodland olla. 



Body thickness: Averages 8 mm. 



Base: Conoidal. 



Shape: Medium to large in size. Conoidal base surmounted by an elliptical 

 or rounded body, constricted slightly to form the neck. This neck 

 gradually increased to a width equal to that of the body, terminating in 

 some sort of simple lip. 



CLARKSVILLE SIMPLE STAMPED 



Although a minority type, Simple Stamped is present in the 

 reservoir area. It is the end product of the use of a thong or root- 

 wrapped paddle which was applied to a smooth or semismoothed 

 surface, leaving the impression of the element with which the paddle 

 was wrapped. It resembles the surface treatment attributed to either 

 the Mossy Oak or Deptf ord Simple Stamped of the Southeast. 



Among the other minority surface treatments there are punctations, 

 either full or annular, which are sometimes delimited with incised 

 lines occurring on plain molded ware, and incised pendants in the 

 form of triangles, either single or multiple units, occurring on plain 

 or textile-impressed wares (pi. 66, a-i) . 



It is felt that these forms should be called to the attention of the 

 student in that they may become an integral in the composite picture, 

 with more intensive archeological work in the nearby areas, and may 

 become distinct or major types with significant cultural interdigita- 

 tion. 



Clarksville Textile Impressed, a ware introduced during the late 

 "Woodland, accounts for 77.2 percent of all the wares found at the 

 Clarksville site. This is an all-inclusive ware in which all of the 

 various textile impressions that can be recognized have been lumped 

 into a single category. It is a sabulous and friable ware incorporating 

 both olla and bowl shapes and ranges in color from buff through dark 

 reds, grays, and dull browns to black. Occasionally a single large 



DISCUSSION ON CERAMICS 



Table 10. — Total number of sherds and percentages of each exterior surface 

 treatment for the Clarksville site (,44Mc1ji) 



