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Stratigkaphic position : Vertical-necked vessels were found in all levels of oc- 

 cupation within the areas explored at the Hosterman site, and often frag- 

 ments of the same vessel would appear widely scattered. 



Table 4. — Types and, numbers of vertical rim sherds (Hosterman site, S9P07) 



If we group all the recognizable rim sherds on the basis of ex- 

 terior surface treatment, irrespective of whether they are vertical or 

 S-shaped in form, as apparently has been the practice in the past, we 

 get the following : 



Horizontal parallel incised lines — 769 rims, 29.2 percent. 



Plain — 717 rims, 27.3 percent. 



Incised line block of triangles, etc. — 330 rims, 12.5 percent. 



Brushed — 24.5 rims, 9.3 percent. 



Simple-stamped — 282 rims, 8.8 percent. 



Herringbone incised — 166 rims, 6.3 percent. 



Cord-impressed — 89 rims, 3.4 percent. 



Vertical and/or diagonal line incised — 83 rims, 3.2 percent. 



This grouping at best reduces the bulk to eight wares. It is not 

 only misleading but is all too inclusive. For example, if we choose 

 to place all cord-impressed into a single category we have lumped 

 two distinct wares — the Le Beau Horizontal Corded and the Rygh 

 Rainbow Corded — as a single ware. 



As to the exterior surface treatment of the rims themselves, some 

 retained the marks of the paddle used during the formative stage 

 of manufacture, better known as simple stamping. These marks 

 formed a permanent exterior surface and as such can be considered a 

 form of decoration. In others the simple-stamped effect was either 

 completely dissipated or partially obliterated, resulting in a smoothed 

 plain surface. The process did not stop there, for this plain surface 

 acted as the background upon which various linear geometric designs 

 were incised and — in a few instances — impressed. The simplest form 

 of incised design consisted of a series of encircling horizontal parallel 

 lines starting just below the juncture of the neck and exterior margin 

 of the lip and extending downward sometimes for a short distance and 

 sometimes covering the major part of the neck of the vessel (fig. 40, e) . 



