Riv. Bas. Sour. 7 te 
Pap. No. 32] LOVEWELL RESERVOIR—NEUMAN D7 | 
single flint chip was found within the fill of one of the postholes. 
The soil around the area of Feature 41 was scraped with shovels, 
but nothing else of cultural importance was uncovered. Feature 45, 
located in the east-west trench, appeared as a dark, ill-defined, cir- 
cular area containing specks of charcoal and burned earth. Upon 
investigation, in which the feature was cross sectioned and cored out, 
it appeared to have been a small conoidal-shaped firepit. Charcoal, 
flint chips, burned earth, and one corn kernel were located in the fill. 
The pit was 9.5 inches in diameter at the top and 8.2 inches deep at 
maximum depth. About 1.5 feet southwest of the firepit, a single 
posthole was located. It measured 8.5 inches in diameter and 2 inches 
in depth. The completion of Feature 45 terminated the excavations 
at the Intermill site. 
ARTIFACTS 
POTTERY 
There are 9 rims and 149 body sherds from the site that may be 
described under a single type. The 3 additional rims and 12 body 
sherds will be discussed separately under a miscellaneous grouping. 
TYPE: Walnut Decorated Lip 
Nine rims and 149 body sherds. 
PASTE: 
Temper: Moderate amounts of fine- to coarse-grained sand. 
Texture: Granular. Sherds tend to crumble, and the surface rubs off easily. 
Hardness: Most sherds have a hardness of 3 (calcite). 
Color: Buff to dark gray, buff predominates. A few sherds are light 
orange in color, possibly a result of overfiring. 
SurRFACE FINISH: 
Interior: Usually smooth. On a few sherds, grains of sand protrude. 
Heterior: 36 body sherds show simple-stamping with paddle marks partially 
removed. The majority of the sherds are too small to give definite indi- 
cation of their treatment. 
DECORATION : 
Techniques: Impressions made with a cylindrical object; trailed lines made 
with a blunt tool. These techniques were employed while the clay was 
still soft. 
Pattern: A single row of tool impressions around the lip or on the rim 
interior at the lip; parallel trailed lines on the shoulder area. Eleven 
body sherds are decorated with one to two trailed lines. Two body sherds 
are decorated with trailed lines and punctations. 
Distribution: All vessels are decorated on the lip or on the rim interior 
atthe lip. Necks of all the vessels are plain. 
