. Bulletin. Ethnology. FEWKEs] ANTIQUITIES OF MESA VERDE NATIONAL PARK 33 one in which the figure-coils follow the direction of the hands of the clock (dextral) ; the other, in which they take an opposite direction (sinistral). The outer end of the volute may terminate in a triangle or other figure, which may be notched, serrated, or otherwise modi- fied. A compound sinistral volute is one which is sinistral until it reaches the center, when it turns into a dextral volute extending to the periphery. The compound dextral volute is exactly the reverse of the last-mentioned, starting as dextral a
. Bulletin. Ethnology. FEWKEs] ANTIQUITIES OF MESA VERDE NATIONAL PARK 33 one in which the figure-coils follow the direction of the hands of the clock (dextral) ; the other, in which they take an opposite direction (sinistral). The outer end of the volute may terminate in a triangle or other figure, which may be notched, serrated, or otherwise modi- fied. A compound sinistral volute is one which is sinistral until it reaches the center, when it turns into a dextral volute extending to the periphery. The compound dextral volute is exactly the reverse of the last-mentioned, starting as dextral and ending as sinistral. If, as frequently happens, there is a break in the lines at the middle, the figure may be called a broken compound volute. Two volutes having different axes are known as a composite volute, sinistral or dextral as the case may be. The meander (fig. 10) is also important in Spruce-tree House or Mesa Verde pottery decoration. The form of meander homologous to the volute may be classified in the same terms as the volute, into (1) simple sinistral meander; (2) simple dextral meander; (3) com- pound sinistral meander; (4) compound dextral meander; and (5) composite meander. These meanders, like the volutes, may be ac- companied by parallel lines or by rows of dots enlarged, serrated, notched, or other- wise modified. In some beautiful specimens a form of hachure, or combination of many parallel lines with spirals and meanders, is intro- p^ iq Meander, duced in a very effective way. This kind of decoration is very rare on old Hopi (Sikyatki) pottery, but is common on late Zuiii and Hano ceramics, both of which are probably derived from the Rio Grande region. Lines, straight or zigzag, constitute important elements in Spruce- tree House pottery decoration. These may be either parallel, or crossed so as to form reticulated areas. Along these lines rows of dots or of triangular enlargements may be introduced. The latter may be simply serrations, dentations, or tr
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