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ARTIFACTS 



The number of artifacts excavated from the Hickey Brothers site is 

 inordinately small, totaling only 479 specimens, of which 435 are 

 potsherds. Artifacts of bone, stone, and shell are largely midis- 

 tingiiished and are not of great help in suggesting areal or temporal 

 relationships. The most that may be said is that the bone and lithic 

 sample is not out of character with the pottery. 



POTTERY 



A. RIM SHEEDS : The rim sherds fall within two well-recognized pottery series, 



Thomas Riggs (Hurt, 1953) and Anderson (Lehmer, 1954). 

 Riggs Punctate: 15 sherds, portions of 5 vessels (pi. 46, a, d, g) 



Temper: Moderately abundant sand and grit, probably crushed or de- 

 composed granite, diameters to 2.0 mm. 

 Texture: Medium, some specimens well smoothed. 

 Color: Tan to dark gray (interior, exterior, and core) . 

 Hardness: 3.0 (Moh). 

 Surface treatment: Plain. 



Decoration: Limited to fillet applied below lip. Motifs include deep hemi- 

 spherical punctations (pi. 46, g), hemiconical notches (pi. 46, a), wide 

 gouges, and oblique fingernail incisions (pi. 46, d). 

 Rim profile: Straight to slightly flaring. 

 Rim height: 35.0-45.4 mm. 

 Rim thickness: 4.1-7.0 mm. 

 Lip: Rounded to slightly beveled, thickened into exterior flange in a few 

 cases. 



Thickness: 5.0-7.0 mm. 

 Rim modification: None. 

 Remarks: No additional indication of vessel form. The Hickey Brothers sample 

 lacks the lip decoration reported for the collection excavated from the Thomas 

 Riggs Site (Kleinsasser, in Hurt, 1953). The oblique fingernail incision does 

 not seem to have been reported previously. 

 Riggs Flared Rim: 9 sherds, portions of 4 vessels (pi. 46, 6, c, e, h). 



Temper: Moderately abundant sand or decomposed granite ; diameter of in- 

 clusions is particularly large, ranging to 3.0 mm. 

 Texture: Medium to fine, one specimen (39LM4-108) has a slight luster. 

 Color: Tan to dark gray, core gray. 

 Hardness: 3.5 (Moh). 

 Surface treatment: Plain, 

 Decoration: Restricted to lip. Motifs include deep punctation and notching 



(39LM4-108). 

 Rim profile: Flared. 

 Ritn height: 50 mm. 

 Rim thickness: 7.0-9.0 mm. 

 Lip: Rounded and flattened, often distorted through application of decoration. 



Thickness: 6.0-9.0 mm. 

 Rim modification: None. 

 Remarks: No additional indication of vessel form, 



