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As will be noted in Chart IV, the first six sherds are rim sherds 

 with the lip present. Four of the lips are either flattened or slightly 

 flattened. One of the lips has distinct remains of the grilled paddle 

 on its surface. The rims are only very slightly flared. Because this 

 group included both rim sherds and basal portions it has the greatest 

 range in thickness. Some of the rim sherds are only 0.3 cm thick at 

 the lip while one of the basal portions is 1.5 cm thick. Most of the 

 sherds, however, are between 0.5 cm and 0.8 cm in thickness. 



The two basal portions in the Ceramic Repository collection appear 

 to have belonged to vessels with a conoidal base. The basal sherd, 

 plate 13, a, row 1, No. 2, has a small foot, probably one of four 

 at the base of the vessel. It should be noted that the surface finish 

 of this sherd was produced by a brushing or combing technique 

 which left the striations that are visible on the sherd. 



Site No. 12. — Wallace Cave 



The pottery from this site has a clear resemblance to that from 

 Site No. 3. A detailed examination, however, shows that there are 

 some important differences. The sherds have been divided into four 

 groups primarily on the basis of differences in the treatment of the 

 exterior surface. The first group is almost identical with Type I 

 of Site No. 3 as far as the surface treatment is concerned. The grit 

 temper is predominantly limestone and the texture ranges from 

 medium fine to coarse, with the majority of sherds having medium 

 texture. The percentage of sherds having medium coarse to coarse 

 texture is, however, higher in this group than in any group at the 

 two sites. Probably half of the volume of the completed vessel is 

 made up of tempering material. This group is softer than the cor- 

 responding group from Site No. 3, as 93 percent of the sherds have a 

 hardness of either 2-2.5 or 2.5, even though it rates as the hardest 

 type at this site. 



Seventeen of the 28 sherds have smoke-blackened interiors and 10 

 of the exterior surfaces are discolored from the same cause. The 

 predominant surface color is a dark smoky gray, with a few sherds 

 having a grayish tan surface color. The paste is a dark bluish gray. 

 The surface has been malleated with a cord-wrapped paddle. Ex- 

 amples from this site are shown in plate 83, #, row 1, No. 3, and also 

 the sherd in the lower left-hand corner. The cord impressions on 

 most of the sherds are clear and distinct and have not been subjected 

 to any smoothing. Two of the sherds have occasional cord im- 

 pressions on the interior surface but the majority have been roughly 

 smoothed, with occasional fine horizontal striations bearing witness 

 to the smoothing process. This group is thicker than any of the 



