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USE OF TEXTILES IN MANUFACTURE 



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textm-e to the surface that may have been regarded as pleasing to the 

 eye. It is seen, however, that whenever it was desired to add orna- 

 mental designs, even of the most simple kind, this cord marking was 

 generally' smoothed down over that part of the surface to l)e treated, 

 so that the figures imprinted or incised would have the advantage of 

 an even ground. 



UsK OF CoKDS IN" Ijiprixting Orkamextal Patterns 



Growing out of the use of cord-wrapped tools in modeling and finish- 

 ing- the claA' surfaces is a group of phenomena of great importance in 



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Fig. 15— Potsherds uiUi -i,,ui|i. 



;irkinKs giving tt^-xlilL'-likt.' efTft-ts. One-half artual sizi-. 



the history of ceramic ornament. I refer to the imprinting of twisted 

 cords, singly and in such relations and order as to produce ornamental 

 effects or patterns. In its simplest use the cord was laid on and 

 imprinted in a few lines around the shoulder or neck of the vessel. 

 Elaborations of this use are imprintings which produce a great variety 

 of simple geometric patterns, differingwith the regions and the peoples. 

 Connected or current fretwork and curved figures were not readily 

 executed by this method, and are never seen. A few examples of cord- 

 imprinted patterns are shown in figure 41. Hard-twisted cords were 



