216 BUREAU OF AMERICAN ETHNOLOGY [Bull. 177 
KANASHEN INCISED 
PASTE AND SURFACE: This type of decoration is found predominantly on sherds 
with a paste of Yoch6d Plain, rarely on Kalunye Plain and only once on 
Mawik4 Plain. All features of paste and surface are like those of these 
plain types and details may be found under their type descriptions. 
FORM: 
Rim: Direct, everted or exteriorly thickened with flat or rounded lip. 
Body wali thickness: 3-17 mm. ; majority 6-9 mm. 
Body diameter: 14-16 cm. at carination. 
Base: Since the decoration is confined to the upper part of the vessel wall, 
no bases can be identified; however, since the ware is predominantly 
Yoché Plain, the bases probably are the same forms associated with that 
type. 
Major vessel forms reconstructed from sherds: 
1. Jars with upper walls incurving to everted and direct, or everted 
and exteriorly thickened rim with flat or rounded lip. Mouth 
diameter 12-34 cm. Decoration occurs in a band around the neck 
(fig. 89-1). 
2. Deep bowls with walls curving up to rounded shoulder, then more 
vertically before flaring outward to direct or exteriorly thickened 
rim with flattened or rounded lip. Rim diameter 12-46 cm. Deco- 
ration confined to area above shoulder (fig. 89-2). 
3. Relatively shallow bowls, walls outsloping to direct, everted or 
exteriorly thickened rim with rounded or flattened lip. Rim 
diameter 20-50 em.; majority 20-30 em. Decoration on exterior; 
rarely, on interior (fig. 89-8). 
DECORATION (pls. 41, 42): 
Technique: Incised lines of widely varying width and depth but consistent 
on a single vessel, indicating that the variation is associated with the 
dimensions of the stick used as an incising tool. The shape of the cut 
ranges from a deep (1 mm.) and narrow (0.5 mm.) V to a broad (4 mm.) 
trough. The majority of the incisions are 1-2 mm. wide and V- or U- 
shaped. Lines are typically straight, made with a single stroke, not 
equally spaced or perfectly parallel, but approximately so. Spacing is 
regular in crosshatch, producing equal-sized diamonds. Lines were drawn 
when the surface was sufficiently dry to leave a distinct, well-defined 
mark. 
Motif: All designs are composed of straight lines, which are arranged into 
three standardized patterns and a fourth more variable type of design: 
1. Zoned, parallel lines (pl. 41, a-e). A broad band around the upper 
exterior (rarely covering the interior instead) is filled with paral- 
lel lines in zones, those in one zone running approximately per- 
pendicular to those in the adjacent zone. The direction is usually 
diagonal less often vertical and horizontal. The zones are some- 
times equal in size, other times irregular. Intersecting lines may 
overlap or fall short of meeting. The design area is sometimes 
bounded by incised lines running horizontally. 
2. Crosshatch (pl. 41, f-k). A series of lines is drawn diagonally 
and parallel below the rim and crossed with another series of lines 
drawn diagonally in the opposite direction. Hither set may be 
done first. The spacing is controlled so that the result is a pattern 
of symmetrical diamonds. Differential spacing of the lines on 
specimens of the type results in considerable size variation in the 
