Rlv. Bas. Sur. 

 Pap. No. 35] 



HOSTERMAN SITE — MILLER 

 Table 5. — Measurements of miniature vessels 



191 



Field specimen No. 



Height 



3428— 



742 



290/60. 

 290/56. 

 3206/1. 

 290/116 



at a depth of 5.8 feet from the present surface. This is a most unusual 

 find because its form is one seldom found in the Upper Plains. Its 

 surface color is mottled in that it runs from a tan to gray and black 

 with fire clouds very much in evidence. When the vessel was com- 

 plete it was oval in outline and rather squatty in height. The spouts, 

 or mouths, are atop two short vertical necks that are not decorated. 

 Between the spouts and covering on the shoulders a crude herringbone 

 design was cut only moderately deep into the clay. Over the rest of 

 the body appears a series of vertical and diagonal incised parallel 

 lines, some of which crisscross. The lips of the two spouts are 

 crudely punctated. Walls at the top are rather thin, 3.0 mm., and the 

 basal portion is fairly thick, 8.0 mm. (fig. 49) . 



Figure 49. — Two-spouted vessel, Hosterman site, showing decorative design. 

 CLAY DAWDLES 



Throughout the site and in some of the midden pits were several 

 objects of clay that appear to have been leisurely and probably unin- 

 tentionally fashioned into vaguely recognizable or unrecognizable ob- 

 jects. Some resemble minature clay vessels or toys; others are in the 

 form of spheres or marbles, known during my early years as "Dough 

 babies"; still others are nondescript in form. All have been fired to 



