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last feature appeared at one other site. At Site No. 10 and Site No. 

 19 hole tempering was either rare or absent; two of the types of 

 weave were absent and, as at Site No. 11, none of the fabrics had 

 been constructed from the large warp-and-weft threads. The last 

 three sites on the chart were very similar. Hole tempering was rela- 

 tively common, the ware was quite soft, and the large thread imprint 

 was present. The fabric impression, the most interesting feature of 

 these vessels, was common at all of these sites, which is in contrast 

 to its absence on salt-pan sherds in the southern focus of the Fort 

 Ancient Aspect. Plain twine, open weaving occurred at all of the 

 sites and was the most common at all of them. Close plain twining 

 occurred rarely at Sites Nos. 11 and 9 only. The open twilled 

 twining, which gives a zigzag warp impression, was found on sherds 

 from four of the sites and was absent at Sites Nos. 10 and 19. The 

 twilled twining with a close weft was present at all of the sites 

 except Site No. 17, but was not common at any of them. 







Salt Pans 









Traits 



Site No. 11 



Site No. 10 



Site No. 19 



Site No. 5 



Site No. 9 



Site No. 17 



Temper: 



Hole 





Rare 





Medium... 



do 



do 



Rare 



Medium... 

 Abundant.. 



Abundant- 

 Medium... 



Abundant.. 

 Rare 



Abundant- 

 Medium... 





Shell 



Abundant.. 



do 



Medium... 



Rare 



Abundant.. 

 Rare 



Abundant— 

 Rare 



Abundant.. 



Rare 



Abundant.. 



do 



Rare 



Present 



do 



rare. 

 Abundant. 



Texture: 



Medium fine 



Medium 



Do. 

 Rare. 



Hardness: 



2 



Abundant. . 



do 



Rare 



Present 



do 



Abundant. 



2-2.5 



Do. 



2.5 





Surface finish: 



Fabric impression 



Smoothed 



Abundant- 

 Rare 



Present 



Abundant- 



Abundant- 

 Rare _. 



Abundant.. 



Rare 



Medium... 



do 



Abundant.. 



Rare 



Medium... 



Abundant.. 



Medium... 

 Abundant.. 



do 



Medium... 



Do. 



Fabric impression: 



Plain twine, open 



weave. 

 Plain twine, close 



Abundant- 



Present 



Abundant.. 



Do. 



weave. 

 Twilled-twine zig- 



do 







Rare ._ 



do _ 



Abundant- 

 Rare 



do 



Rare. 



zag. 

 Twilled twine close. . 

 Fabric applied up to 



lip. 

 Fabric applied be- 



do 



Medium.. . 



do 



Rare 



Abundant- 

 Rare 



Present?... 

 do 



Abundant. 



low lip. 

 Large thread im- 







Medium. 



prints. 

 Rims: Incurving 



Abundant- 



do 



do 



do 



do 



Abundant- 

 Medium ... 



do 



do 



Abundant- 



Present 



Present 



Abundant.. 



do 



Medium... 

 Abundant.. 

 ._ .do 



Abundant. 



Lips: 



Wider than 1.5 __ 



Narrower than 1.5 



Flattened 



Rounded 



Medium. 

 Abundant. 



Do. 

 Medium. 



Narrowed and 



Rare 





Rare 





rounded. 

 Punctatelholes in lip. 



Mfidinm 



























A consideration of the chart giving a summarized statement of 

 characteristics of the bowls at the various sites brings out some 

 interesting points. If Site No. 19 was conspicuous in the preceding 

 chart because of its lack of salt pans, the situation is now reversed 

 because the bowl type of vessel at this site was quite common. Site 



