Rlv. Bas. Sur. 

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to slightly flaring or excurvate. Lines are not carefully drawn or 

 joined and many are just short segments; some join while others start 

 and stop without any unity with the rest of the group (fig. 40, e) . On 

 the whole it portrays a lack of fineness of design and a distinct indica- 

 tion of a lackadaisical inclination toward the satisfaction of creating 

 something that has been carefully done. Lines are drawn either with 

 sharply pointed tools, a form of incising, or with dull, flat-bladed tools, 

 a form of trailing. Some of the lines are drawn as close together as 

 2 mm. ; others as far apart as 6 mm. 



On the whole, the surface of the neck was smoothed before the lines 

 were incised upon it, but there are any number that show that the 

 surface was first brushed and then the incised or trailed lines were 

 drawn upon this rough surface. Several appear with wavy lines 

 because the surface was poorly prepared rather than because of the 

 shakiness of the potter herself. 



Perhaps this group can be divided into two subgroups : Ai and Aj. 



Ai has a row of diagonal incisions directly beneath the lip and above the 

 series of horizontally drawn lines. 



A2 has a row of punctations below the series of horizontal parallel lines to 

 set the lines apart from the shoulder area. 



Wall thickness varies from slightly under 4 mm. to 8 mm. Color 

 variation still persists. Soot incrustations are still present. Interiors 

 are smoothed without any evidence of brushing. 



Ticked line, incised — Type "B" : 



The same holds true for type "B" with the exception that there are 

 no subtypes. 



