198 BUREAU OF AMERICAN ETHNOLOGY [BuLn. 185 
Edmunds Dentate Stamped 
(PLF3157e) 
(Type sample: 1 composite and 2 individual rim-and-lip sherds, 2 individual 
shoulder sherds, representing 5 vessels. ) 
ForM: 
Lip: Rounded; 5.5 to 7 mm. in width. 
Rim: Low collared, about 24 mm. in height. Wall, 5.25 to 6.25 mm. in 
thickness. The convex interior surface of the rim closely parallels the 
convex exterior surface. 
DECORATIVE TREATMENT: Confined to the collared rim and shoulder area, it con- 
sists of four lines of lanceolate, dentate stamped impressions in a zigzag 
pattern on the collar, with blank intervening V-shaped spaces, framed by 
a row of closely set oval punctates just below the lip and by a row of 
closely set subcircular punctations at the base of the collar; and six or 
seven narrow trailed lines in a zigzag pattern on the shoulder area, with 
the V-shaped space filled with rows of elliptical or truncated elliptical 
punctations, framed by a row of closely set subcircular punctations at 
the break of the shoulder. The punctations appear to have been made 
by the end of a cylindrical tool, e.g., a stiff weed stem, twig, or small bone. 
MELVILLE S-RIM WARE 
(Ware sample: 10 composite and 229 individual rim-and-lip sherds, and 6 rim 
sherds bearing exterior nodes. ) 
PASTE: 
Temper: Moderate to copious amounts of fine to medium-coarse grit, up to 
2.5 mm. in diameter, consisting about equally of granite and quartz. 
Texture: Core, compact-contorted ; surfaces, fine, unslipped. 
Color: Core, buff to dark gray; surfaces, buff to dark gray. 
Hardness: 3 (ealecite) to 4 (fluorite). 
TECHNIQUE OF MANUFACTURE: Probably lump modeled, then thinned by paddle 
and anvil. 
SURFACE FiniIsH: Exterior, simple stamped and irregularly to evenly smoothed, 
sometimes vertically scored; interior, irregularly to evenly smoothed, 
with horizontal striations appearing on many sherds. 
ForM: 
Lip: Rounded, pointed, or interiorly beveled, sometimes slightly or markedly 
extruded exteriorly and/or interiorly, by compressing of the plastic clay 
in the process of shaping or decorating the lip. 
Rim: Recurved or S-shaped, with occasional exterior nodes at the apex of 
the convex surface of the rim. 
Neck: The juncture of the rim and shoulder well defined. 
Shoulder: No data. 
Body: No data. 
Base-Bottom: No data. 
Appendages: No handles or lugs present. 
DECORATIVE TREATMENT: Predominantly rectilinear and curvilinear twisted cord- 
impressions (the latter in nested triangular area or “rainbow” motif on the 
upper part of the exterior rim surface and sometimes on the upper part 
