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texture is very coarse. It is sometimes difficult to distinguish this 

 from what has been called " the Cuneiform type/' This class of pot- 

 tery is well represented here, and it is also found at Ticoman and 

 other sites which date back to the Archaic period. It is not uncom- 

 mon in some Aztec sites. It is therefore impossible to limit its manu- 

 facture to a single culture. 



Tyj)e F, Grooved. — This class might perhaps be called a variety 

 of the incised type. The lines are deeper, wider, and the edges 

 smoother than in the typical incised ware. In the latter the incised 

 lines break through the slip. In the present type the grooves are 

 made before the slip is applied. The depressions may have been 

 made with the end of the finger. Sometimes a squash-like appear- 

 ance is given to the olla on account of these depressions (pi. 15, <^, 

 and Boas Album, pi. 58, 4). There is another type of grooved pot- 



FiG. 8. — a. Stamped design, Type VI, from Pit XVI. h, Stamped design. Type VI. 

 c, stamped design, Type VI, from Pit XXV. 



tery coming from the Archaic culture and not represented at this site. 

 In this the depressions run horizontally along the outside near the 

 toi3 of the piece (Boas Album pi. 37, 14—16). 



Type VI, Stamped. — The pieces decorated by stamps are usually 

 bowls. The stamps offer a large variety of very beautiful designs. 

 A common form is that of a twisted rope (fig. 8, a). Other designs 

 are frets (fig. 8, h) and rosettes (fig. 8, c, and Boas Album, pis. 60, 61, 

 1-13). 



Type VII., Molded. — This name has been given to that type of ce- 

 ramics where the decoration is composed of pieces made in molds and 

 attached to the outside of the jar. It is possible to distinguish several 

 subtypes of this pottery. 



a. Large elaborate designs, two of which usually cover the greater 

 part of the olla.^- The most beautiful shard found in this excavation 

 is of this type (pi. 16, a). The speech scroll occurs in front of a 



" Seler (op. cit., p. 501) describes this type of design as being " imprinted " (einges- 

 tempelter) or stamped. It is quite clear that the decoration was molded separately and 

 attached to the olla. 



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