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surfaces are scratched or worn. The two examples are 2.3 by 2.0 
by 1.0 cm. and 2.5 by 1.5 by 1.3 cm. 
Chips and cores.—Fragments of andesite, felsite, quartzite, granite, 
and quartz occur in the habitation refuse. Some show a bulb of per- 
cussion, a few may have been used as scrapers, but the majority are 
apparently discards. It is of interest that the majority are of quartz, 
a rock that was not used for any of the artifacts (Appendix, table 24). 
POTTERY TYPE DESCRIPTIONS 
A total of 15,039 sherds of unquestioned manufacture by the Abary 
Phase provide the basis for the classification and description of the 
pottery types. Less than 1 percent of these were decorated. No 
complete or restorable vessels were found, hence all the vessel shapes 
have been reconstructed from the characteristics of the rim, base, and 
body sherds. The pottery types were named according to the binomial 
system, and are described in alphabetical order. The provenience 
and quantity of the sherds are given in the Appendix, table 25. 
ABARY PLAIN 
PASTE: 
Method of manufacture: Coiling; sherds frequently break on coil line. 
Coils are typically 1 cm. thick. Broken edges are concavo-convex or 
beveled. 
Temper: Quartz sand, with most particles 1 mm. or less in maximum dimen- 
sion; rare grains are 2-5 mm. Size of temper particles tends to vary 
only slightly in a single sherd, i.e., if one grain is large the majority will 
be above 1 mm. Temper is sufficiently abundant to give a sandpaper 
texture to eroded surfaces. 
Texture: Sandy; temper generally well distributed but occasionally clus- 
tered. Breaks with irregular, angular cleavage. Tiny air pockets 
common. 
Color: Complete range from bright-orange throughout cross section to dark- 
gray core fired orange only on the immediate surface. The majority of 
the sherds are orange for 2 mm. inward from both surfaces with a gray 
core in an even, well defined, band. 
Firing: Incomplete to complete oxidation. 
SURFACE: 
Color: Typically light cream to orange on both surfaces, whether the core 
is gray or orange. A few sherds have gray surfaces, possibly from fire 
clouding. Although the small size of the sherds (typically under 3 by 4 
em.) limits the accuracy of observation, fire clouds do not appear to be 
frequent. 
Treatment: Unfortunately, sherds with uneroded surfaces are not common. 
They are smoothed sufficiently to obliterate coil junctions and to depress 
the temper grains, giving a smooth texture similar to that of Taurakuli 
Plain. The surface is characteristically uneven, varying from minor 
undulation to considerable irregularity with scars, lumps, and other small 
defects, more easily seen than felt. There seems to be a slight tendency 
for one surface to be better smoothed than the other, suggesting that 
