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Miscellaneous 



There are two sherds in the Ceramic Repository which are prob- 

 ably the same type as is shown in plate 117, b. There are also three 

 sherds with the same smooth surface finish and fine compact texture 

 that have small horizontally flattened heads on the shoulder area with 

 a single "eye" on the upper surface of the projecting face, that are 

 probably fragments of frog effigy bowls. These five sherds have a 

 hardness of 2.5. One small rim sherd appears to have had a chevron 

 design formed by narrow, parallel, shallow incised lines. The notched 

 circular ridge of clay on the lower rim that is shown on the second 

 sherd in the first row of plate 118, &, is represented by three small 

 pieces in the study collection. The faces that are illustrated are not 

 duplicated in the collection that was available for detailed study. 

 The sherds showing the incised decorations also are not common at 

 this site. The first sherd in the third row has limestone temper if the 

 surface finish can be used as an accurate criterion. 



There are 19 sherds from this site that have limestone as part of 

 their grit temper. Some of the sherds also show specks of mica on 

 the surfaces. Of these, three have exterior surface finishes which 

 were brushed and show the horizontal striations peculiar to this type. 

 Ten of the sherds were impressed with a paddle upon which small 

 squares or rectangles had been carved. Three pieces are fairly smooth 

 on the exterior surface and three have a woven impression. This 

 group of sherds would be much more "at home" in the cave sites de- 

 scribed in other parts of this report and a knowledge of the way in 

 which they became located at this site would do much to explain the 

 history of Site No. 19. 



There are only seven sherds from this site that belong to the Salt 

 Pan ware and of these only two sherds have a sufficiently clear textile 

 impression to determine the type of weave. On these two sherds the 

 weave is the common simple twine weave with clockwise twist. One 

 sherd has what appears to be the twilled twine weave with a large and 

 closely spaced weft, partially obliterating the closely spaced warp. 



Site No. 5. — Salt Pans 



There are 53 sherds representing salt pans from this site, and of 

 these only 15 were rims. Compared with the other wares at this site 

 the rim sherds on which the detailed observations were taken were 

 the hardest group. Two-thirds of the sherds could not be scratched 

 by g v P sum but could be so marked by the fingernail ; the other third 

 was scratched by gypsum. The texture is medium fine and the shape 

 of the lip is either rounded or flattened and rounded. There are 

 more lips of the latter character, and this is also true of the other 

 wares. The lip is usually at right angles to the rim and the rim has a 



