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C0NCLUS10NS 
The conclusions arrived at regarding the use oí textiles 
in the manufacture of prehispanic pottery in the north-west of 
the province of Córdoba, drawn from the study of the material 
dealt with in this paper, are as follows: — 
I. basketwork has been used, 
1. Alone, as 
(a) Mats on which to stand the vessel during or 
after modelling. 
(b) Frames or baskets within which the vessel was 
shaped. 
2. As a foundation over which nets and cloths were 
stretched, and on which cords were woven. 
II. NETWORK has been used in combination with a basketwork 
foundation, over which it was 
(a) Stretched, in the case of netted work (Group i). 
(b) Woven, in the case of woven work (Group 2 ). 
III. CLOTHS llave also been used, possibly stretched over a 
basketwork frame in the same manner as the netting. 
IV. Wlien baskets alone were used, the vessels were modelled 
inside tliem. 
V. When baskets covered with network or cloth were used, 
the vessels were modelled on the exterior of the frame- 
works. 
VI. These special processes of manufacture were adopted for 
utilitarian reasons. 
