192 BUREAU OF AMERICAN ETHNOLOGY [Buu 185 
DECORATIVE TREATMENT: Evidently confined to the exterior lip, decoration consists 
of a row of parallel diagonal dentate stamps running from about the 
midline of the lip downward to the left. The stamps are truncated ellipses 
in outline, and vary from 6.75 to 10.5 mm. in maximum length, 3.5 to 5.25 
mm. in maximum breadth, and 0.5 to 1.25 mm. in maximum depth. 
BUCHANAN FLARED RIM WARE 
(Type sample: 8 composite and 158 individual rim-and-lip sherds, 1 individual 
shoulder sherd.) 
PASTE: 
Temper: Generally, medium to large amounts of fine grit, with occasional 
particles up to 4.5 mm. in diameter, consisting mainly of quartz; one 
sherd (classified under Buchanan Tool Impressed) is heavily “tempered” 
with finely crushed shell, in addition to quartz particles. The presence 
of shell in this specimen may be explained as an accidental inclusion in, 
rather than a nonplastic added to, the clay used. 
Texture: Core, compact-contorted ; surfaces, fine, unslipped. 
Color: Core, gray; surfaces, reddish buff to dark gray. 
Hardness: 3 (ealcite) to 4 (fluorite). 
TECHNIQUE OF MANUFACTURE: Probably lump modeled, then thinned by paddle 
and anvil. 
SURFACE FINISH: Exterior, vertically simple stamped (i.e., thong-wrapped paddle 
or grooved paddle impressed) and partially smoothed (pl. 80, f), or 
smoothed (pl. 80, e) ; interior, smoothed, with occasional shallow, hori- 
zontal striations possibly indicating grass-wiping. 
ForM: 
Lip: Rounded, usually flat but occasionally undulating, sometimes beveled 
exteriorly or interiorly, sometimes extruded exteriorly and/or interiorly, 
in extreme cases to form an inverted L-shaped or T-shaped lip, apparently 
by compression of the plastic clay in the process of decoration; 4 to 15.25 
mm. in width. 
Rim: Straight and flared, ranging from 6.5 to 29.5 mm. in height. Wall, 4.5 
to 8.5 mim. in thickness. 
Neck: The juncture of the rim and shoulder is well defined. 
Shoulder: Rounded. 
Body: Globular or spheroidal. 
Base-Bottom: No data. 
Appendages: No handles and lugs present. 
VESSEL SHAPE: Small jars with very low to low flaring rim, well-defined neck, 
anéd globular body. Orifice diameters projected from two composite sherds 
are 14.2 em. (pl. 30, e) and 14.9 em. (pl. 30, f). 
DECORATIVE TREATMENT: Rectilinear incisions or narrow trailed lines, twisted 
cord, tool, and wrapped-stick impressions, or punctations occur on the 
lip and/or upper exterior or upper interior rim surface, in the majority of 
the specimens; a few examples bear alternating plats of horizontal and 
vertical broad trailed lines; a few sherds are undecorated (see below). 
COMPONENT RIM TYPES: 
Buchanan Incised-Trailed. 
Buchanan Cord Impressed. 
Buchanan Tool Impressed. 
Buchanan Punctated. 
Buchanan Wrapped-Stick Impressed. 
Buchanan Undecorated. 
