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of trade objects would have been much higher. Had as much excava- 
tion been done between the houses as was done in those features, the 
objects of native manufacture might have greatly exceeded those of 
trade origin. 
POTTERY 
The site yielded a total of 808 potsherds of aboriginal origin, only 
4 of which were from rims. These four came from two vessels, and 
it is probable that at the outside not over four or five vessels are 
represented in the entire collection. The find spots of 7 (2.27 per- 
cent) of the 308 sherds are unknown. The remaining 301 came from 
three features, and it is interesting to note that these were all in the 
northern part of the site, nearest to the terrace edge. Feature 1, the 
first house excavated, yielded 288 body sherds and 3 rim fragments, 
94.48 percent of the total amount. Nine body sherds (2.93 percent) 
came from Feature 8, and one sherd came from Feature 10. Four 
sherds differ significantly from the bulk of the material and are 
omitted from the following description to be discussed separately. 
The exterior surfaces of the bulk of the sherds vary in color from 
light gray to black, with neither shade predominating and both 
colors sometimes found on a single sherd. The interior surface is 
predominantly black, as is the core. The paste is well worked, 
smooth and even in texture. Fresh breaks have a granular appearance, 
and the edges appear crumbly but actually are not so. There is little 
or no splitting. The paste is tempered with what appear to be par- 
ticles of very finely pounded granite, rather evenly distributed. 
Finely divided particles of mica, probably originating in the temper- 
ing material, occasionally spangle the surfaces. The ware is hard 
and apparently rather brittle since most of the sherds are very small. 
No specimen of this ware from the site has a single measurement 
exceeding 6.2 cm., and few exceed 5.0 cm., in their greatest dimension. 
Measurement of 100 body sherds picked at random showed a range 
in thickness of from 2 to 13 mm., but with never more than a 2 mm. 
range in any single sherd, a lack of variability possibly due to the 
small size of the specimens. The extremes of thickness were each rep- 
resented but once. Seven percent showed a thickness of 8mm. The 
most common thickness was 5 mm., 32 sherds showing that measure- 
ment, while 25 sherds measured 4mm. Over half the sherds are thus 
seen to measure 4 to 5 mm. in thickness, while 77 percent fall into the 
4to 6mm. group. Thirteen sherds measure but 3 mm. in thickness, 
and only one measures 7 mm. in thickness. The three rim sherds 
present, which are all from a single vessel, average thicker than do 
those from the bodies. At a point 6 mm. below the lip these sherds 
have a thickness of 8 to 10 mm. 
The exterior surfaces of body sherds are simple-stamped, bearing 
the impression of a grooved or thong-wrapped paddle (pl. 12, 7, s, w). 
