pip. ■jfo.' 3^5T HOSTERMAN SITE — MILLER 171 



not at all consistent. Tliis same scalloped effect was brought about by 

 pressing some rodlike tool onto the plastic lip. The intervals between 

 pressure points were never uniform. Wlienever pressure was brought 

 to bear vertically upon the lip it caused a certain amount of thicken- 

 ing to that feature. Wlienever pressure was applied at right angles 

 to the lip the areas affected were thinned so that the intervening 

 portion of the lip was thicker than the area worked on (fig. 40, a-d). 



Type name : "Le Beau Finger Indented" (pi. 19, A,h). 

 Type mateeial : 142 sherds. 

 Form: 



Rims: Vertical to gently flaring. 



Lips: Lips were rounded in preparation to being treated with the finger. 

 After this the lips were broadened in the area by the downward 

 pressure, bringing about a certain amount of thickening. Whenever 

 finger pressure was applied alternately to the interior and exterior a 

 wavy effect was created and the thickness of the walls was reduced. 

 Thickness : Vessel walls varied from 3 to 5 mm. in thickness. 

 Vessel form: Probably globular in shape, rounded shoulders, and straight 

 to slightly fiaring neck. 

 Decoration: 



Variant A: Like the type description of Hurt's (1957 a, p. 39) these 

 rims were indented by applying the finger from the interior and ex- 

 terior in an alternating pattern giving a wavy effect. 

 Variant B: In this case the pressure was brought directly downward 

 from the top of the lip giving a scalloped effect. The difference be- 

 tween pressure points may vary. Some may be a continuous group; 

 others were spaced with an alternate plain area. In every case the 

 lips were rounded. 

 Steatigeaphic position : Hurt has found that this type of pottery was as- 

 sociated with the Le Beau Focus at the Swan Creek site (39WW7) and that 

 percentagewise there was a tendency to increase with time. 



Ticked lines across the lips, frequently referred to in the Plains 

 literature as "tool impressed," have the widest variation as to width, 

 length, and the amount of pressure used to bring about this effect. On 

 some of the specimens the lines were very thin, short, and exceedingly 

 shallow. On others the lines were long enough to reach completely 

 across the lip and were both wide and deep. Still others were made at 

 an angle. 



Inside measurements of the orifices of jars showed that there was 

 not a great variation. Openings ranged from 10.3 cm. to 21.7 cm. 

 (See Appendix 4.) 



REM FORMS AND THEIR TREATMENT 



Rims of the plain, incised, brushed, and cord-marked wares were 

 separated. It was found that all shared common basic characteristics 

 in temper, method of manufacture, texture, hardness, color, surface 

 finish, and general vessel form. All types are primarily groups of 

 similar rim forms decorated in more or less the same general way. 



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