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to coarse texture. These large vessels are true pots, and, as to decora- 

 tion, fall into three classes : plain, textile marked, and cord paddled. 

 The textile-marked sherds seem to be characteristic "salt pans" of large 

 diameter and straight walls, with the usual range of weave impres- 

 sions. Plate 32, a, shows a textile-marked sherd of large mesh. 

 The warp strands are l 1 /^ inches apart and are twined about three- 

 ply plaited woof strands as large as three-eighths of an inch in 



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Figuee 20. — Drawing restoration of large vessel. 



diameter. This vessel shows a diameter, as measured from this sherd, 

 of over 25 inches. 



Most of the larger plain and paddle-marked pots show a slightly 

 flaring rim with round handles, as shown in plate 32, b. Many of 

 these handles rise above the rim of the vessel and terminate in a 

 single or double lobe. Some handles are further decorated on the 

 outside face with pits or lobes. 



Figure 20 is a drawing restoration of a large vessel typical of this 

 site. This restoration shows a true pot, 11 inches outside diameter 

 and 9 inches high, with a mouth 9 inches in diameter. 



