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TWO 8l'MMKKJ« WORK IN ITKBr.O RUINS 



[KTH. ANN. a 



Tho ilosiiiii shown iii tho noxt out, 'iguro 00, is uiiiiino aiuouij all 

 forms of ornaiuontation known, anil its nieaninjr is inooniiiroluMisiblo 

 to tho anihor. 



Ono of iho most oh.-n-aotorisiio dosiirns. with a spiral moiivo, is 

 shown in plato l.xiv. wluoh is typioal of inauv liguros ou Four-mile 

 ruin pottery. This dosign is characteristic of the Little Colorado 

 rivoi- ruins, ospocially on iho roil waiv so common in thorn. 



Tho tfonoral oharat'tor of tho gooniotrioal ornaniontation of food 

 bowls may be soon in plates xi^-XLii, i.xnt. 



Fio. 99. Unkiiowu desiga ou f i(,.>il Uowl from Four-mile ruin (mimlier 1TT136). 



kxtkksal orxamkntatiox ox food bowi.^ 



In his account of the ceramic objects found at Sikyatki the author 

 has tiiiured some of the moiv ]mimineut designs fixMU the exterior of 

 foixl bowls and has attempted a discttssion of their sisrnirtcance. In 

 the abundant material collectotl from that ruin no specimen wjjs found 

 with fignres of animals, with the exception of a highly conventional- 

 ized bird, Spiral designs weiv very raiv, tlie main forms being roc- 

 toncular geometrical designs with added feathers. In two instances 



