FEWKES] THE POTTERY OF SIKYATKI 651 
confess. These objects can hardly be looked upon as products of a 
savage people destitute of artistic feeling, but of a race which has devel- 
oped in this line of work, through the plane of savagery, to a high stage 
of barbarism. While,asa whole, we can hardly regard the modern Hopi 
as a degenerate people witha more cultured ancestry, certainly the entire 
Pueblo culture in the Southwest, judged by the character of their pot- 
tery manufacture, has greatly deteriorated since the middle of the 
sixteenth century. 
COILED AND INDENTED WARE 
The rudest type of pottery from Sikyatki has been classed as coiled 
and indented ware. It is coarse in texture, not polished, and usually 
not decorated. Although the outer surface of the pottery of this class 
is rough, the general form of the ware is not less symmetrical than 
that of the finer vessels. The objects belonging to this group are 
mostly jars and moccasin-shape vessels, there being no bowls of this 
type. . Asarule, the vessels are blackened with soot, although some of 
the specimens are light-brown in color, The former variety were 
undoubtedly once used in cooking; the latter apparently for containing 
water or food. In the accompanying illustration (plate CXIX, a) is 
shown one of the best specimens of indented ware, the pits forming an 
equatorial zone about the vessel. All traces of the coil of clay with 
which the jar was built up have been obliterated save on the bottom. 
The vessel is symmetrical and the indentations regular, as if made with 
a pointed stone, bone, or stick. 
In another form of coarse pottery (plate CXIX, )) the rim merges into 
two ears or rudimentary handles on opposite sides. Traces of the 
original coiling are readily observable ou the sides of this vessel. 
Another illustration (plate Gxtx, ¢) shows an amphora or jar with 
diametrically opposite handles extending from the rim to the side ot 
the bowl. The surface of this rude jar is rough and without decora- 
tion, but the form is regular and symmetrical. In another amphora 
(plate CxIx,d) the opposite handles appear below the neck of the 
vessel; they are broader and apparently more serviceable. 
The jar shown in plate OXIX, e, has two ear-like extensions or projec- 
tions from the neck of the jar, which are perforated for suspension. 
This vessel is decorated with an incised zigzag line, which surrounds 
it just above its equator. This is a fair example of ornamented rough 
Ware. 
Several of the vessels made of coarse clay mixed with sand, the 
grains of which make the surface very rough, are of slipper or moccasin 
shape. These are covered with soot or blackened by fire, indicating 
their former use as cooking pots. By adopting this form the ancients 
were practically enabled to use the principle of the dutch-oven, the 
coals being piled about the vessels containing the food to be cooked 
much more advantageously than in the vase-hke forms. 
