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The color of the above-mentioned 12 sherds also serves to distin- 

 guish them from the common type at this site. They are a light 

 grayish tan, while the predominant color at the site is dark gray, 

 brownish gray, and an orange to chocolate brown. The last two 

 colors are particularly characteristic of the "hole"-tempered group. 

 Smoke discoloration appears on almost half of the exterior surfaces 

 of both groups and to a less degree on the interior surfaces. 



As is the case when working with rim sherds, many of which are 

 quite small, the degree of accuracy of the interpretation of the shape 

 depends to no small degree on the size of the sherd. In general, 

 when the sherds were laid out and numbered, the largest sherds were 

 the first in line. The last 12 sherds in Chart XXXIII do not fol- 

 low this rule. The shape, as far as it could be determined, was 

 either straight or slightly flaring. The majority of the semiflaring 

 rims on Chart XXXIII were in the first 50, and there were 10 per- 

 cent more semiflaring rims among the sherds that did not have the 

 shell leached out of the surfaces than was the case with those that 

 had hole temper as one of the distinguishing characteristics. Only 

 four of the sherds listed in Chart XXXIII and only one in Chart 

 XXXIV have the slightly thickened upper rim. This is mentioned 

 because this is the nearest approach to the type of rim found on 

 one of the jar shapes in the southern focus of the Fort Ancient 

 Aspect. In the latter Aspect this general type of rim is practically 

 always flaring or semiflaring, is often thickened just below the lip, 

 and the lip is narrowed and rounded, or rounded. 



The lip on these jars at this site is very rarely narrowed and 

 rounded, as only seven in the first group and two in the second group 

 have this shape. Half of the sherds in the first group have flattened 

 and rounded lips and most of the others are rounded. In the sec- 

 ond group 68 percent are flattened and rounded and 30 percent are 

 rounded. With the occurrence of the flattened and rounded lip 

 there is also a widening of the lip and it usually is as wide or wider 

 than the rim. The lip thickness of thes* two groups ranges from 

 0.3 cm to 1.5 cm, with 81 percent of the sherds being between 0.5 cm 

 and 0.9 cm. The width of the rim varies from 0.4 cm to 1.9 cm, but 

 87 percent are between 0.5 cm and 0.9 cm and over 75 percent be- 

 tween 0.5 cm and 0.8 cm. A few of the lips may slant inward or 

 outward, but the great majority of them are horizontal. 



The estimated lip diameters for sherds on Chart XXXIII are: 

 No. 2, 13 inches; No. 3, 11.5 inches; No. 1, 12 inches; No. 10, 8 inches; 

 No. 84, 9 inches; No. 85, 6.5 inches; No. 86, 4.5 inches; No. 88, 3.5 

 inches; No. 90, 14.5 inches. The diameters for a few of the sherds 

 on Chart XXXIV are: No. 3, 10 inches; No. 4, 5 inches; No. 14, 

 8 inches. 



