pip. nJ)!' siT" HOSTERMAN SITE — MILLER 173 



Eims are of two main shapes, depending upon the configuration of 

 the neck : vertical and S-shaped. Vertical rims ranged from short to 

 tall and a few had the tendency to flare slightly at the top. There are 

 several minor rim types present, but these are of limited number. 

 After the rims were separated according to the two rim forms, they 

 were next separated according to lip treatment, for I found this com- 

 bination to be most diagnostic and one that was fairly sensitive. 



Each rim type was further subdivided according to the final 

 exterior surface treatment of the rim. These include such treatments 

 as: incised with a series of horizontal parallel lines; plain after 

 smoothing; incised with a series of either short vertical and/ or di- 

 agonal lines; herringbone incised; a zone of either conjoining parallel 

 lines or chevrons arranged as a band around the tip of the neck or rim, 

 called lime hlocJc; cord-impressed; simple- stamped; and brushed. In 

 separating the rim sherds into the various types it was necessary to 

 take into consideration three main factors: (1) the general configura- 

 tion of the rim, (2) the treatment of the lip area, and (3) the final 

 exterior surface treatment of the rim or neck area. 



After all separation and counts had been made and tallied, it was 

 found that 1,592 were vertical rims, 1,039 were S-shaped, and 524 were 

 too fragmentary or incomplete to make positive classification possible. 



There are four types of vertical necks: (1) those that are almost 

 vertical with just the slightest degree of outward flaring near the 

 top (pi. 15, yl, a) ; (2) those that are almost vertical with the exception 

 of being slightly barrel shaped (pi. 19, 5, e, fig. 38) ; (3) those that 

 have vertical necks surmounted with a certain amount of rim thick- 

 ening (pi. 15, B, a) ; and (4) those that were short and flared out- 

 wardly at the top (pi. 16, B,a). 



Figure 38. — Barrel-shaped rim, simple stamped rim sherd. 



