Archaeological Investigations in Jefferson C ounty, Mo. 157 
. Local names were attached to these pottery wares named 
from where they were first found in considerable numbers. 
Stone Tempered Pottery 
Herculaneum Cord Roughened (A) 
_ This ware has a grit or limestone tempering. The interior 
1S roughly smoothed but the exterior is invariably roughened 
with a cord wrapped paddle. The surface color is a tan to dark 
stay except when it is burned when it has a blackened surface. 
The hardness is 2.5 to 3 inclusive. The vessel shape seems to 
have included only the amphora usually with a slightly constricted 
neck. What little decoration there was was confined to ree 
Punctate or finger pinched marks below the lip and cord wrapped 
cylinder impressions or plain punch marks on the lip surface. 
The closest analogy to this type is the subtype 2A ware described 
on page 42 of Rediscovering Illinois. 
Herculaneum Reddish Cord Roughened (Az) 
This ware is very similar to Herculaneum Cord Roughened 
“xcept that it has a reddish surface color and an added pot shape, 
a shallow bowl. This form may be atypical for only one rim 
Sherd was found. The sherds of this ware were usually more 
croded than the sherds of the Herculaneum Cord Roughened 
ware. Actually the difference between Herculaneum Cord Rough- 
€ned and Herculaneum Reddish Cord Roughened may not be 
sufficiently distinct to justify their separation. 
Hidden Valley Crushed Quartz (As) 
This ware js distinguishable from the Herculaneum oy 
Roughened and the Herculaneum Reddish Cord Roughened only 
by the use of crushed quartz as a tempering medium and a 
Sreater variation in thickness between the sherds. 
Rouggly Grit (As) 
This ware is coarse textured and thick for the sone ae 
Of vessel it represents. The lip which is vertical is decide 4 
thinned. The tempering material consists of large and small gri 
