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of the interior rim surface also) ; with the rare appearance of a row of 
crescent (fingernail) stamps on the exterior surface and oval (finger) 
stamps on the interior surface; lips are generally undecorated, but oc- 
casionally bear twisted cord or narrow trailed lines and/or tool impres- 
sions. Less commonly, rectilinear wrapped-stick impressions on the upper 
part of the exterior rim surface, with occasionally a row of punctates 
on the exterior and interior rim surface just below the lip; lips are us- 
ually wundecorated, but occasionally bear wrapped-stick impressions. 
Rarely, scored exterior rim surface, with the lip decorated with cord- 
impressed lines and, in one example, with a row of crescent (fingernail) 
stamps on the exterior rim just below the lip. 
COMPONENT Rim TYPES: 
Melville Cord Impressed. 
Melville Wrapped-Stick Impressed. 
Melville Scored. 
Melville Cord Impressed 
(Pl. 32, a—e) 
(Type sample: 8 composite and 212 individual rim-and-lip sherds, and 6 rim 
sherds bearing exterior nodes, representing approximately 218 vessels.) 
Form: 
Lip: Rounded or interiorly beveled, sometimes slightly or markedly extruded 
exteriorly and/or interiorly. 
Rim: Slightly or exaggeratedly recurved or S-shaped, with exterior nodes 
(seven sherds) at the apex of convex surface of rim; in a few specimens, 
the upper part of the rim is thickened and beveled exteriorly (pl. 32, b), 
or is rolled outwardly (pl. 32, c) or inwardly. 
DECORATIVE TREATMENT: Confined to the upper part of the exterior rim, less com- 
monly the upper part of the interior rim, and occasionally to the lip, deco- 
ration includes the following. On the exterior rim, lip undecorated—a 
band of closely spaced horizontal cord-impressed lines, in half the cases 
interrupted by nested triangles or arcs of cord-impressed lines (“rainbow” 
motif), sometimes enclosing exterior nodes—170 specimens (pl. 32, a); 
a band of closely spaced paddled diagonal cord-impressed lines on the 
thickened exterior rim, and, below an undecorated strip, a band of closely 
spaced horizontal cord-impressed lines—one example (pl. 32, b); a band 
of closely spaced parallel diagonal cord-impressed lines, sometimes crossing 
over exterior nodes, and with or without one or two pairs of framing 
horizontal cord-impressed lines below a slightly to markedly out-rolled or 
straight lip—18 specimens (pl. 32, c, e) ; a band of four to six closely spaced 
horizontal cord-impressed lines just below the inward rolled lip—six ex- 
amples; and two bands—upper, closely spaced parallel diagonal cord-im- 
pressed lines, to the right ; lower, closely spaced parallel horizontal cord-im- 
pressed lines, in one instance with a row of crescent (fingernail) stamps 
interrupting the upper band and in one case with nested triangles of cord- 
impressed lines interrupting the lower band—just below the inward rolled 
lip—three examples. On the exterior and interior rim, lip undecorated— 
a band of closely spaced horizontal cord-impressed lines on the upper parts 
of the exterior and interior rim—one specimen. On the exterior rim, lip 
decorated—a band of closely spaced horizontal cord-impressed lines, in one 
