. Bulletin. Ethnology. 58 BUREAU OP AMERICAN ETHNOLOGY [BULL. 118 to coarse texture. These large vessels are true pots, and, as to decora- tion, fall into three classes: plain, textile marked, and cord paddled. The textile-marked sherds seem to be characteristic "salt pans" of large diameter and straight walls, with the usual range of weave impres- sions. Plate 32, a, shows a textile-marked sherd of large mesh. The warp strands are l1/^ inches apart and are twined about three- ply plaited woof strands as large as three-eighths of an inch in ^^«*. INCHES Figuee 20.—Drawing restoration
. Bulletin. Ethnology. 58 BUREAU OP AMERICAN ETHNOLOGY [BULL. 118 to coarse texture. These large vessels are true pots, and, as to decora- tion, fall into three classes: plain, textile marked, and cord paddled. The textile-marked sherds seem to be characteristic "salt pans" of large diameter and straight walls, with the usual range of weave impres- sions. Plate 32, a, shows a textile-marked sherd of large mesh. The warp strands are l1/^ inches apart and are twined about three- ply plaited woof strands as large as three-eighths of an inch in ^^«*. INCHES Figuee 20.—Drawing restoration of large vessel. diameter. This vessel shows a diameter, as measured from this sherd, of over 25 inches. Most of the larger plain and paddle-marked pots show a slightly flaring rim with round handles, as shown in plate 32, b. Many of these handles rise above the rim of the vessel and terminate in a single or double lobe. Some handles are further decorated on the outside face with pits or lobes. Figure 20 is a drawing restoration of a large vessel typical of this site. This restoration shows a true pot, 11 inches outside diameter and 9 inches high, with a mouth 9 inches in Please note that these images are extracted from scanned page images that may have been digitally enhanced for readability - coloration and appearance of these illustrations may not perfectly resemble the original Smithsonian Institution. Bureau of American Ethnology. Washington : G. P. O.
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