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hachure, but the dimensions are consistent on a single vessel. In- 
cisions producing this motif tend to be slightly broader than the 
average for the pottery type as a whole. The design area is occa- 
sionally bounded by single, horizontal incised lines. 
3. Zigzag (pl. 42, a—f). Short diagonal strokes are drawn alternately 
right and left to produce a vertically oriented pattern. The vari- 
ation in care of execution is greater than in the preceding motifs, 
and sloppily executed examples are relatively frequent. The zig 
and zag lines may meet, overlap or fail to join. Adjacent lines 
may be markedly nonparallel. Lines vary greatly in width but are 
consistent on a single vessel. Occasional additional ornamenta- 
tion above or below the incised area consists of rows of fingernail 
impressions and fingertip punctates. 
4. Broad incisions or scrapings (pl. 42, g-j). Flat-bottomed incisions 
over 2 mm. wide are used to draw designs composed of squares, 
parallel or intersecting lines of variable spacing. The majority of 
the sherds are too small to reveal the overall arrangement in de- 
tail, but the standardized execution of the 3 previous motifs is not 
characteristic. 
TEMPORAL DIFFERENCES WITHIN THE TYPE: None. Both vessel shapes and design 
motifs show great consistency in their distribution through time (Appendix, 
table 32). 
CHRONOLOGICAL POSITION OF THE TYPE: Kanashen Incised occurs throughout the 
Taruma Phase, except at the very earliest sites, in frequencies that fluctuate 
between 0.5 and 7.3 percent. It exhibits no clear-cut trend of increasing or 
decreasing popularity (fig. 101). 
