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that grew wild in the immediate vicinity. Other bones were made into 

 awls, punches, knives, hide scrapers, and grainers. 



For some reason projectile points of stone were not plentiful. Those 

 that were used were small, triangular forms. Earlier a side-notched 

 variety was introduced. They all ranged from small to medium in 

 size. 



The crude grooved stone mauls, similar in form to those found at 

 the Payne and Swan Creek sites, apparently were used in the prep- 

 aration of pemmican, for none were badly battered. 



Both hafted and unhafted flint knives were adequate for the skin- 

 ning of animals or for cutting purposes. 



The manufacture of pottery was among the chief industries at the 

 Hosterman site, as is demonstrated by the quantity of sherds recovered 

 from the limited exploration. Due to the fragile nature of the pottery, 

 its attrition rate must have been great. Pottery was first modeled 

 and finished by the paddle-anvil method. The paddle was usually 

 carved with simple shallow grooves that imprinted a simple decora- 

 tion of ridges and sunken lands of the simple stamped variety. It was 

 tempered with a fine to medium-sized grit of decomposed granite and 

 fired to a tan, gray, or black color, depending upon the use of a cover- 

 ing of bison fat on the exterior. The use of fat was demonstrated by 

 the heavy encrustation of soot on the exteriors of vessels. Their chief 

 form of decoration was by crudely incising geometric patterns over 

 portions of the lip, rim, upper neck, and shoulder areas. Cord-im- 

 pressed and brushed designs occurred infrequently. 



There is considerable range in both size and shape from miniature 

 vessels to those capable of holding 3 to 5 gallons or more. No two 

 pots are exactly alike. This same holds true as to decoration, for it 

 seems that little if any attempt was made to establish a definite style. 

 Bases, as a rule, are rounded, while most mouths are wide. Ornamenta- 

 tion is either incised or cord-impressed. Incised designs are neither 

 precise nor carefully applied. Designs of both types appear on rims, 

 necks, and shoulders. 



Incised designs are linear geometric elements consisting chiefly of 

 series of parallel lines, chevrons, triangles, or herringbones. They ap- 

 pear to have avoided the use of the curved line in their incised de- 

 signs. When it does occur, which is a rare event, the sherd fragment 

 does not give any indication as to the design element. Punctations, 

 while limited, are used either at the top or bottom of the designs or as a 

 unit. On the whole, incised designs were rather carelessly applied and 

 never developed to any great extent. 



Contrariwise, the cord-impressed designs show greater fineness, 

 neatness, and precision in that they were carefully applied either as a 

 band of horizontal impressions around the rim, as short diagonal lines 



