196 ANTIQUITIES OF SOUTHWESTERN COLORADO  [kTH. ANN. 33 
(3) smooth polished ware without decoration, and (4) smooth 
polished ware with decoration. 
True coil ware was not exhumed from any of the sites, although 
a few fragments occurred upon the surface. The excellent vessel 
shown in plate 63, a, although found in the open, was not within 
the confines of a ruin, and may well have been left at a temporary 
camp by the cliff people or deposited at a shrine, further evidence 
of the existence of which has not been preserved. 
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It is doubtful whether from any other locality in the Southwest 
a series of 64 ceramic objects could be chosen at random which 
would exhibit a greater diversity of form than those shown in the 
accompanying plates. 
Food bowls—Of food bowls there are 16 (pls. 64, 65). In 
general their shape is that of a section of a hollow sphere, although 
one (pl. 65, ¢) has an incurving edge and another (pl. 65, e) has a 
flat bottom. With few exceptions the sides taper to a thin fragile 
rim. The interiors show much better finish than do the exteriors. 
Globular Bowls.—Two of the three globular bowls appear in plates 
70, a, and 71, d. The one not figured has a heavy handle attached to 
one side near the opening; the others have pairs of perforations op- 
posite each other, through which cords might be passed to carry or 
to suspend the vessels. 
Bowl with Perforated Ears—In plate 71, f, is shown a small, very 
deep bowl with perforated ears. 
Bowl with Double Flare—The bowl figured in plate 71, ¢, is a 
unique specimen. The constriction in the sides allows it to be held 
conveniently and securely in the hand. 
Globular Vessels with Wide Mouths—Plate 66 illustrates vases 
with approximately globular bases and mouths of large proportion- 
ate diameter. One has a single handle consisting of a ridge of clay 
pinched onto one side of the neck. The recurved neck imparts a 
pleasingly graceful form to the vase appearing in plate 66, d. 
Ten similar vessels, the necks of which are embellished with broad 
yather low ribs or bands, are shown in plates 63, b, 68, and 70, ¢ and d. 
Somewhat similar vessels are figured from northeastern Arizona 
by Dr. Fewkes? and from St. George, Utah, by Holmes.? One 
has a handle (pl. 70, c) and in another instance there are three tiny 
protuberances symmetrically placed just below the rim (pl. 68, ¢). 
Some of these vessels contained charred corn, which, together 
with the fire stains almost invariably apparent, and the adhering 
2Pottery of the Ancient Pueblos, fig. 242. 
1 Bull. 50, Bur. Amer. Ethn., pl. 18, 6. 
