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Figure 54. — Red-buff ware and Buff ware vessel shapes. /, Buff ware, mixture 

 Trench 11 and Trench 8; a-e, g-i, Red-buff ware; a, Find 369-13; b, 14-10; 

 c, Find 360; e, oUa 2, Find 10-21; e, Trench 8, Level 2; g-i, Mound III. 



Spindle whorls. — One probable spindle whorl, unslipped, buff, diameter 

 4 cm. and 1.6 cm. thick with a perforation 5 mm. in diameter was found (fig. 

 54, /). 



Plastic treatment. — ^Gadrooning. The one definite example of gadroon- 

 ing is a fragment of a Red-buff round-based globular vessel (estimated diameter 

 18.5 cm.) with unknown collar or rim characteristics. This vessel, Find 382-2, 

 was associated in the find unit with Pica-pica variety polychrome. 



