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the sherds of which I made a positive impression this weave is clearly 

 shown. The sherds in the Repository are shell tempered and appar- 

 ently belong to vessels of a jar shape. The sherds in the above- 

 mentioned photograph bearing the stamped-paddle design are 

 matched by the two sherds described on Chart XXXVIII and six 

 body sherds. On one of these body sherds the impressions are rec- 

 tangular, being 0.4 cm by 0.8 cm, while on the others the impressions 

 are those of rectangles 0.3 cm by 0.5 cm. The second sherd in the 

 top row of plate 103, <z, is evidently this! latter type, while the third 

 sherd has a square impression. One shell-tempered sherd of fine 

 texture that appears to have belonged to a bowl-shaped vessel has its 

 outer surface covered with a red paint. The three sherds with the 

 line of closely spaced, shallow, rounded impressions can not be 

 matched by any sherds in the study collection. They are quite obvi- 

 ously atypical of the site. Also without representatives in the col- 

 lection at hand are the four sherds in the lower right-hand corner 

 that have groups of three-cord impressions on the exterior surface. 



Correlation of Pottery Traits 



In this concluding section I shall first present a summarized state- 

 ment of the results of the detailed main body of the report, then the 

 pottery determinants for the Norris Basin will be listed with my 

 impression of the pottery relations of the various sites. Finally, I 

 shall briefly indicate the possible position of the ceramic complex of 

 this area to its nearest known relatives. I find it quite difficult to 

 arrive at satisfactory conclusions in regard to this last problem be- 

 cause of the lack of comparative material in sufficient amount and 

 detail to render these statements any more valuable than specu- 

 lations. 



For the general pottery summary I have used six sites to compare 

 in some detail. These sites are Nos. 11, 10, 19, 5, 9, and 17. Sites 

 Nos. 3 and 12 have already received their summary statement and 

 will be considered again only when the determinants for the sites are 

 listed. Sites Nos. 2 and 4 were pottery paupers and their ceramic 

 relationships will be considered only in the statement indicating the 

 degree of relationship between the various sites. 



Since the salt-pan type of vessel was present at all of the valley 

 sites, a chart has been drawn to display graphically the amount of 

 similarity existing. One of the outstanding features of the chart is 

 that it shows that Site No. 19 has a small number of this type of vessel 

 present. Site No. 11 has the largest number of salt pans, both abso- 

 lutely and relatively. At this site we find that hole temper was not 

 present, that the ware was slightly harder than at any other site, and 

 on the lips of some of the sherds were unusual punctate holes. This 



