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nearest approach to curved lines on pottery from this site can be seen on 
the fragments in Plate V, figures 1 and 4; See also Plate IX, figure 27 
(around the top of the peaked elevation). Crude circles on one of the 
fragments, instead of being stamped, seem to have been drawn into the 
clay with a finely pointed tool. 
Incised lines, which differ from the trailed lines in having been made 
with a knife-like tool and in being mostly narrower and deeper, occur on 
a few pots. 
A few pots had lines made by drawing the point of a tool with a jerky 
motion across the surface, producing a row of impressions, which in some 
cases look like cord impressions. 
The fingers and thumb were used to pinch the clay to produce indenta- 
tions along the lower angle of the rim of a large number of pots (See Plate 
III, figures 22, 31, 32; Plate IV, figures 8, 18; Plate V, figures 6, 8; Plate 
VI, figures 17. 22. 27; Plate VII, figure 2; Plate VIII. figures 8, 18; Plate 
IX, figures 2, 5-7; and Plate X, figure 11). Some of the indentations are 
deep (See Plate IV, figure 12); others are shallow (*$ee Plate III, figure 
35) ; and in some cases they show the impression of the nail in the hollow. 
Those on the fragment in Plate II, figure 29, were produced with the 
thumb-nail, and they seem to have been similarly made on a few other 
pots. The pinching on another rim resulted in oblong, vertical elevations 
{See Plate III, figure 26). 
It is uncertain how the decoration along the lower angle of the rim 
and on the shoulders of other pots was made {See Plate II, figure 21, and 
Cat. Nos. VIII-F-9929, VIII-F-10383, and VIII-F-12583c). 
No evidence of the method of firing was discovered. Its effects, 
however, can be seen on the inside and outside surfaces and the fractured 
edges of some of the pieces. The colour of the surfaces, which was in part 
due to firing, has been discussed on page 40. The fractured edges are 
either of a uniform colour; of two colours, that is, the inner part of the 
edge was darker than the outside; or of three colours, the outside part being 
either red or grey, the inner core, black, and that next to the inside surface, 
either red or grey. The fractured edges of most of the thin pieces were of 
a uniform colour which would seem to indicate that the thin ware was more 
thoroughly baked than the thick ware. In some cases one of the broken 
edges is of a uniform colour, whereas another edge may present two colours, 
which may be due to uneven firing, as is also, probably, the mottled 
appearance of the outer surface of some of the pieces. 
The firing in many cases revealed defects in manufacture, such as 
welding and luting, pieces of both rim and body being cracked parallel 
with the surface, so that the fractured edge in some cases presents a 
laminated appearance. More body pieces than rims show splitting. 
Many pots, especially those with light red or buff interiors, were 
probably broken in the course of the firing. 
Most of the ware, except that with very coarse tempering, was 
thoroughly burnt, and is hard and firm. 
A few pottery fragments, comprising both rim and body pieces, have 
holes drilled near the broken edges, which were made in order to bind the 
broken edges together. 
One of the rims was cracked and had the outer and inner surfaces 
covered with a fine layer of clay in order to hold it together. 
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