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Instead of preparing charts to show the characteristics of the fol- 

 lowing three types of vessels and their presence or absence at the 

 six sites, I shall rely on a short verbal description, since the types 

 are only found at one or two sites. 



Pointed-rim jars. — One of the common jar types at Site No. 11 is present but 

 rare at Site No. 10. Sites Nos. 19, 5, and 9 each have one sherd and there are 

 no recognizable fragments at Site No. 17. The tempering material is crushed 

 shell and the shell particles were distintegrated in only a few of the sherds. 

 The texture is medium fine and the hardness is 2, or 2-2.5. A few of the 

 sherds were as hard as 2.5. While the upper portion of the rim, especially, 

 and the rim generally, was smoothed, the body was finished with a cord- 

 wrapped paddle. Many of the sherds show the effect of subsequent smooth- 

 ing. In connection with and just below the raised portion of the rim, a number 

 of different types of decoration appear. Most commonly the node was rounded, 

 but occasionally was horizontal or perpendicular. One rim of this type almost 

 certainly had a loop handle in place of the usual node. 



The rim most commonly has four raised points and the mouth is squared. 

 A few of the sherds indicate that the rim had two raised points instead of the 

 more common number. Most of the sherds had an upper rim strip that was 

 noticeably thicker than the rim immediately below it. This band is not as 

 pronounced nor does it extend down the rim as far as on some of the other 

 jar shapes. The rim is either straight or slightly flaring and is usually short. 

 The lip is either narrowed and rounded, or rounded. None of them were 

 flattened and rounded. The vessels are short and of medium size. 



Wide-mouth jars with rim losses. — This well-defined type has practically 

 the same distribution as the pointed-rim jars. Almost all of them are shell 

 tempered, and the texture is medium fine with a few sherds being medium. 

 The hardness is predominantly 2-2.5 with a few sherds being either softer or 

 harder by a half point. Practically all of the outer rim surface is smoothed 

 but the shoulder or upper body area and the body was malleated with the cord- 

 wrapped paddle. Many of the sherds show some evidence of subsequent 

 smoothing but the majority still bore distinct traces of the cord imprint. 



The determining feature of this type of jar is the row of bosses about the 

 outer rim. These bosses or teats were located a short distance below the lip 

 and were rarely coextensive with it. They are grouped closely together and 

 the horizontal length of three of them varied on the different vessels, from 3 

 to 5 cm. On some of the sherds the individual bosses seem to have been 

 attached to the rim as separate pieces of clay, while on other sherds the bosses 

 were shaped from an added rim band. The rim is rather short, usually 

 straight, and is only rarely slightly flaring. The lip is most commonly narrowed 

 and rounded, or rounded, and is only rarely flattened and rounded. The upper 

 body or shoulder is long and slopes gradually to the rim. 



Jar-shape A. — This well-defined jar shape was quite common at Site No. 11 

 and fairly common at Site No. 10. It was absent at Sites Nos. 17 and 19, and 

 there was one sherd present at Site No. 5. A few sherds at Site No. 9 were 

 obviously atypical at that site in most of their characteristics. The tempering 

 is shell and the texture medium fine, with a few sherds at Site No. 11 having 

 a medium texture. The sherds from Site No. 10 are a trifle softer than those 

 from Site No. 11. The great majority are either 2 or 2-2.5 in hardness. The 

 rim on many of the sherds is smoothed, and in some cases the previous treat- 



