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Figure 32. — Landmarks on pottery vessel, Hosterman site. 



Smitli (1951) in regard to the methodology used in typing Plains 

 pottery, so ideas similar to theirs need not be repeated here. Like 

 Smith, I, too, was confronted with the problem of associating not only 

 the exterior surface treatment with rim decoration but with lip deco- 

 ration and treatment as well. 



The Hosterman site pottery description is based on a total of 75,814 

 body sherds, 3,155 rim sherds, and 5 possibly restorable vessels that 

 were never restored. 



The pottery was first washed in the field laboratory at Lincoln, 



Nebr., and the rim sherds were sorted and cataloged. The body sherds 



were not cataloged individually, as were the rim sherds, but were 



grouped according to the square, depth, and feature from which they 



. were derived. In making the ceramic analysis, the body sherds were 



i first studied en masse in order to acquire a reasonable working knowl- 



• edge of the exterior surface treatments so as to avoid making certain 



snap judgments based upon misconceptions as to what should be 



found. Once the body sherds were studied and analyzed they were 



resacked according to the lot bags. 



CLASSIPICATION OF BODY SHERDS AS TO EXTERIOR TREATMENT 



All of the body sherds were classified, according to the exterior sur- 

 face treatment, into eight main categories: plain^ 42.16 percent; 

 slmple-sta'niped^ 40.09 percent; incised, 13.96 percent; trushed, 2.19 

 percent; curvilinear-stamped, 0.84 percent; cord-impressed, 0.22 per- 

 cent; mat-impressed, 0.18 percent; fabric-impressed, 0.12 percent. 



