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afterwards mended by the owners (fig. 2) ; holes were drilled near 

 the line of fracture and the two parts tied together; even the yucca 

 strings still remain in the holes, shoAving where fragments were 

 united. In figure 3 there is represented a frag- 

 ment of a handle of an amphora on which is 

 tied a tightly- woven cord. 



Not a very great variety of pottery forms was 

 brought to light in the operations at Spruce- 

 tree House. Those that were found are es- 

 sentially the types common throughout the 

 Southwest, and may be classified as follows: 

 (1) Large jars, or ollas; (2) flat food bowls; 

 (3) cups and mugs; (4) ladles or dippers 

 (fig. 4) ; (5) canteens; (6) globular bowls. An exceptional form is 

 a globular boAvl with a raised lip like a sugar bowl (pi. 19, /). This 

 form is never seen in other prehistoric ruins. 



Pig. 3. Handle with at 

 tachod cord. 



Fi<;. 4. I.adle. 



Structure 



Classified by structure, the pottery found in the Spruce-tree House 

 ruin falls into two groups, coiled ware and smooth w^are, the latter 

 either with or without decoration. The white 

 ware has black decorations. 



The bases of the mugs (pi. 19) from Spruce- 

 tree House, like those from other Mesa Verde 

 ruins, have a greater diameter than the lips. 

 These mugs are tall and their handles are of 

 generous size. One of the mugs found in this 

 ruin has a T-shaped hole in its handle (fig. 5), 

 recalling in this particular a mug collected in 

 1895 by the author at Awatobi, a Hopi ruin. 



The most beautiful specimen of canteen 

 found at Spruce-tree House is here shown in 

 plate 20. 



The coiled ware of Spruce-tree House, as of all the Mesa Verde 

 ruins, is somewhat finer than the coiled ware of Sikyatki. Although 



Fio. 5. Handle of mus 



