Riv. BAS. Sur. 
Dav. No. 82], LOVEWELL RESERVOIR—NEUMAN 281 
The following is a description of the sherds which are similar to 
Oneota pottery. These sherds were intermixed with all other speci- 
mens found on the surface and in the excavations. 
GROUP 2 
15 rims, 133 body sherds, 4 appendages (pl. 51, a through j). 
PASTE: 
Temper: Fine to coarse ground shell. 
Texture: Surface is chalky and often pitted. 
Hardness: From 2 (gypsum) to 3 (calcite). 
Color: Buff to slate-gray; a few are orange-brown. 
SURFACE: 
Interior: Smoothed, but irregularities, possibly caused by finger impressions, 
are common. 
Exterior: Body sherds appear to have been simple-stamped originally, and 
then smoothed. 
DECORATION : 
Techniques: Incised lines made with a pointed object; trailed lines made 
with a blunt tool; punctations made with a cylindrical object. 
Pattern: Punctations on the lip; blunt tool impressions placed diagonally 
on the rim interior at the lip. There are 16 body sherds decorated with 
opposing diagonal or opposing horizontal and vertical lines. Of these, 
8 are decorated with incised lines; the remainder have trailed lines. 
There are 5 body sherds decorated with parallel trailed lines, but they 
are too small to indicate any pattern. One body sherd is decorated with 
horizontally trailed lines and a single circular thumb impression. 
Distribution: Decoration on the lip or on the rim interior at the lip. Rim 
exteriors are plain. 
ForM: 
Lip: Rounded on 6 sherds; flat on 4; slightly beveled outward on 2 of the 
rims. 
Rim: 7 of the rims are flaring ; 5 of the rims are straight. 
Neck: Constricted on all identifiable sherds. 
Shoulder: On 3 measurable sherds the shoulder extends outward from the 
rim at angles between 45° and 70° from the vertical. 
Appendages: 3 strap handles are attached to rims. Two of the handles flare 
out at their junction with the lip. One of the handles has 5 parallel trailed 
lines extending down its exterior, stopping at the junction of the handle 
and the shoulder. Two of the specimens have been broken from the rest 
of the vessel. They are slightly round in cross section and plain on their 
exterior surfaces. One of these handles flares out at one end. 
DIMENSIONS: 
Rim height: Ranges from 17 to 29 mm. 
Thickness: Body sherds from 3 to 8 mm. Usually about4 mm. Rim sherds 
range in thickness from 4 to 8 mm. 
GROUP 3 
Miscellaneous sherds: 10 rims and 23 body sherds. 
Three rim sherds, sand-tempered, buff to gray in color. The lip on each of 
these sherds has been impressed, causing a slight extrusion. The rims are 
straight in form. Thickness ranges from 3 to 5 mm., and height from 36 to 41 
mm. 
