Riv. Bas. Sur. 

 Pap. No. 35] 



HOSTERMAN SITE — MILLER 



187 



INCHES 

 2 



CM. 



Figure 45. — Line-block design on shoulder area, Hosterman site. 



all of which are neighboring villages. This does not in any way 

 suggest a contemporaneity but only an indication of the relative occur- 

 rence of similar vessel shapes with similar exterior surface treatments 

 within a temporal and spatial relationship of a very small area. 



A large number of vessels had a heavy incrustation of soot which 

 had adhered to the outside of them, filling in all depressions made 

 by the various design elements, blotting out all indications that the 

 vessel was decorated in any manner. This heavy soot incrustation 

 may be and could be due to the tendency of the potters of the Plains, 

 as pointed out by Will (1906), and others, to coat the outside of 

 vessels heavily with grease prior to firing. The intense heat used 



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