COOKING POTS OF STEATITE. 



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exposed to lire. On the outside they were quite smooth, and had been 

 colored with red pigment, which appeared to have been rubbed in. Their 

 nearest resemblance is to Fig. 33. 



Of a series of thirty specimens collected from the ancient graves of Dos 

 Pueblos and La Patera, VsG - 3:! - 



the larg-est example is 

 globular in form, the 

 bottom not being flat- 

 tened to any appreciable 

 extent. It has a small 

 level rim around the 





It 



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mouth, and beneath it a -f^ 



series of incised lines fe^^v 



forming half diamond 



figures, with the points 



directed outwards, and 



others with no regularity 



of direction. These lines steatite cooking pot, a. 



are not now very distinct, but probably were well defined when the vessel 



was new. This specimen measures in its greatest diameter 17.6 inches; 



diameter of mouth, 7.5 inches; height, exteriorly, 13.0 inches. 



A second example, differing only in size and in having the incised lines 

 more distinctly cut about the rim of the vessel, which is of the same 

 character as in the preceding, measures in its greatest diameter 16.3 inches; 

 diameter of mouth, 5.6 inches; height, exteriorly, 15 inches. 



A third specimen, somewhat smaller, but with a rim and ornamenta- 

 tion of incised lines immediately below it, as in the preceding cases, meas- 

 ures in its greatest diameter 1 6 inches; diameter of mouth, 5.2 inches; height, 

 exteriorly, 13.4 inches. 



The following example, besides being, in every dimension, somewhat 

 smaller, is interesting from the fact of having no distinctly defined rim, nor 

 trace of the V-shaped lines that constitute the ornamentation of these 

 utensils. This specimen measures, in its greatest diameter, 15.5 inches; 

 diameter of mouth, 5.8 inches ; height, exteriorly, 12.5 inches. 



