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representation of the human head "with a small hat on, and marks 

 down the chin." It sounds very much like a description a Victorian 

 scholar might have made of a pictograph similar to those at the Wall- 

 eye Rockshelter. The "small hat" may very well have been the rep- 

 resentation of the roach hairdress and the marks on the chin, of 

 tattooing. If this were so, this would tend to connect the two shelters 

 and also to correlate the petroglyphs with the Great Bend sherds that 

 are present in both. 



SPECIIIEN DESCRIPTIONS 



Rim sherds. — Five rim sherds were recovered at the shelter. Three 

 of these are of Aksarben affiliation, one is apparently of Great Bend 

 affiliation, and one is of an indeterminate type. 



One of the Aksarben rims is quite large (82 by 66 mm.) and repre- 

 sents the rim, neck, and a considerable portion of the body of the 

 vessel. The rim is slightly flaring and undecorated except for the 

 cord marking, and the lip is rounded. The exterior is buff in color ; 

 the interior is dark gray. Tempering consists of fine grit (pi. 54, t). 

 The other two Aksarben sherds are similar, except that they seem to be 

 straighter than the large rim and are gray on their exterior surfaces, 

 rather than buff. The thickness of all three sherds is 5 mm. 



The Great Bend rim sherd is straight, and tapers from a thickness 

 of 7 mm. at the lip to 10 mm. at a point 25 mm. below the lip. Al- 

 though no tempering material is visible, numerous small holes indicate 

 that shell temper was employed. The sherd is brown on its exterior 

 surface and dark gray on the interior (pi. 54, s) . It has been assigned 

 to the Cowley Plain type (Wedel, 1949, p. 87). 



The remaining rim sherd is straight, with a rounded lip. The sherd 

 has been polished on the outer surface. It is a light-brown color 

 throughout. No tempering material can be discerned. The sherd is 

 4 mm. thick. It does not seem to belong to any ceramic type known in 

 the Central Plains, and may be from a trade vessel originating in the 

 Caddoan area to the southeast. 



Body sherds. — Sixty-six Aksarben sherds, one Great Bend sherd, 

 and one polished brown sherd of indeterminate affiliation were recov- 

 ered. The Aksarben sherds are grit tempered, cord marked on the 

 outer surface, smoothed on the inner surface, and vary in thickness 

 from 6 to 9 mm. In color they vary from buff to dark gray, with 

 occasional firing clouds. On some sherds the cord marking has been 

 almost completely smoothed away. 



The Great Bend sherd is shell tempered and smoothed, but not 

 polished, on both the inner and outer surfaces. It is brownish gray 

 in color and is 6 mm. thick. It has been assigned to the Cowley Plain 

 type (Wedel, 1949, p. 87). 



