griffin] ARCHAEOLOGICAL SURVEY OF NORRIS BASIN 293 



The measurements of the handles are the lateral, or from side to 

 side, the front to back, and the length or height. Obviously those 

 handles in which the first two measurements are identical or nearly 

 so will present a nearly round cross section, while those on which 

 the lateral measurement exceeds that of the second measurement will 

 assume an oval appearance in cross section. Two of the sherds upon 

 which I have been able to make detailed observations, and the third 

 sherd on the bottom row of plate 46, 5, have a horizontal row of 

 nodes about the rim. The sherds in the collection at hand are listed 

 as .Nos. 85 and 86 on Chart XXXV. The rim lugs listed on the 

 same chart are measured as to their lateral or horizontal extent and 

 as to their height. Sherd No. 97 is unusual for any site in the valley. 

 Sherd No. 98 is the fragment of what was probably a large strap 

 handle with sides converging from the lip toward the basal 

 attachment. 



Salt Pans 



The examination of the salt pans was made particularly difficult 

 by the erosive processes that removed the shell tempering material 

 and in numerous cases obliterated the textile imprint on the sherd 

 or made the impression so vague that an accurate statement as to 

 the weave is impossible. There are 25 rim sherds upon which a 

 detailed analysis was made. This group is largely hole tempered 

 and is accordingly quite soft. The texture corresponds to that of 

 the rest of the sherds from the site, although two fragments of this 

 group have a medium texture. The rim shape is almost straight. 

 Sixty percent of the lips are flattened and rounded, the remainder 

 being rounded. Five of the lips slope inward and two slope out- 

 ward ; otherwise the lips are horizontal to the rim. Smoke blackening 

 is most common on the outer surface. The lip thickness on the dif- 

 ferent sherds varies from being approximately twice that of the rim 

 to having the same dimension. The lip diameter of No. 7 is 11 

 inches. 



One of the rim sherds has a smoothed outer surface with no textile 

 impression. This is the type of salt pan common in the southern 

 focus of the Fort Ancient Aspect, but is quite rare in the area under 

 discussion. See sherd 10, plate 151, a. The most common textile de- 

 sign on the salt pan at this site, as at others in the Norris Basin, is the 

 simple twine weave. Fourteen of the 25 rim sherds have this fabric 

 impression. Two of the sherds have the twilled twine weave but the 

 weft threads are placed close together and the warp is not discernible. 

 One of the sherds has an impression of a twilled twine weave which 

 leaves a zigzag design in the warp. Two of the sherds, of a simple 

 twine type, have a wide cord impression 0.35 cm wide, affording a 

 striking contrast to the usual thin strand. See sherds 11, 12, and 13, 

 plate 151, a. 



