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the square edge is less noticeable than is the case with the heavy- 
walled Mesa Verde bowls. The second type (outcurved rim) aver- 
ages smaller than the first, few examples being more than 8 inches in 
diameter; the pieces are 
also rather shallower. 
The rim varies some- 
what in the amount of 
flare; the commonest 
forms are shown in fig- 
ure 52, d,e, f. The flare 
itself is often decorated 
a b c d e f separately from the 
Fic. 52.—Bowl rims, Kayenta ware. main interior design 
(pl. 55, nos. 1-4, 7, 22-26). We have not noticed this rim treatment 
developed to any such extent in other southwestern groups. Many, 
though not all, of the bowls of both classes are provided with single 
horizontally placed loop 
handles. Decoration is rig- 
idly confined to the interior. 
Pitchers, such as those of 
) 
5 
Chaco Canyon, Montezuma {his EE : 
= 6 
Creek, and elsewhere, have :t rt 
~ = H H 
not been found; nor do ti = 5: 
an Sar : U ' 8 
mugs, kiva jars, or eccen- es 
LL 
tric forms appear to have 
been made. 
Decoration: On the 
basis of the ornament, the 
black-and-white ware 
seems to be divisible into aoe Pree 
two groups; that in which Chess pelaectale 
the designs cover most of 
the background and_ that 
in which they cover only 
a moderate amount of ‘the 
background. The terms 
“heavy ” and “light,” used 
in the field notes, may per- 
haps be employed until 
more suitable ones can be 
applied. While * heavy ; Fie. 53,.—Black-and-white designs with “ under- 
decorations are occasion- framework.” 
ally set fairly well apart from each other and some “light” 
ones fairly close together, the difference between the two classes is 
nevertheless a very real one and rests not only on the relative 
amounts of background covered, but also on the actual elements of 
design and their arrangement. 
