84 TWO summers' work in pueblo ruins [eth, ANN. 22 



can readily be seen by an examinaiion of ti<>;ures in tlie report on 

 Sikyatki j)ottery, as well as in the ijresent memoir. The design before 

 us has three breaks in these encircling bands. The break in the 

 interior band is complicated by the addition of well-known terraced 

 figures. By modification in form and by the interlocking of these 

 appendages we pass easily to some of the most complicated geomet- 

 rical patterns of Pueblo potterj'. 



A modification of the broken line about a vase appears in tlie 

 specimen shown in jjlate xxxvir. In this instance we find the band 

 continued into two narrow extensions, which interlock but do not 



Fig. H9. Geometrioal desiarns on a food liowl from Cliaves pass ^number IST.'iSIi). 



join. The figure which is tlius formed Is a common one in geomet- 

 rical ornamentation, as may be seen by an examination of the many 

 beautiful pieces of pottery obtained fi-om the ruins in all parts of 

 Arizona. 



Not less instructive than the last-mentioned in a study of geomet- 

 rical ornamentation is the design in figure oft. The spiral figures on 

 two of the bands show a modification of the broken lines which are 

 characteristic, and the S-shaped ornaments on one of the other bands 

 are common on ancient pueblo ware. 



