wbbb] ARCHAEOLOGICAL SURVEY OF NORRIS BASIN 59 



The preservation of sherds on this site was fairly good, but many 

 had become very soft and had lost all shell content. 



Plate 32, a, shows a number of rare forms found on this site. A 

 few sherds of polychrome ware of lightweight gray clay with yellow 

 slip were found. The sherd in lower left-hand corner of plate 32, a, 

 is a type of very heavy grit-tempered hard ware. The marking seems 

 to be a textile impression but not a twined weave. The sherd shows 



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Figuee 21. — Drawing restoration of large vessel. 



a straight wall with unmodified lip. In both material and decora- 

 tion it appears foreign to this site. 



One rim fragment of a heavy sandstone vessel iy 2 inches in thick- 

 ness was found showing long chisel marks. This vessel seems to 

 have been cut from solid stone after the manner of the manufacture 

 of a steatite vessel, and has the usual lug below the rim. A few 

 fragments of steatite vessels were found. 



