The other 118 brushed sherds were not assigned to definite types, but
will be described here as a group. In all or most of the vessels
represented by the miscellaneous brushed sherds the coiling method was
employed. Fractures along coil lines, and vessel curvature on some of
the larger sherds, made it possible to orient 30 of the brushed body
sherds with respect to the vessels from which they came. The brushing on
all 30 is in an approximately vertical direction (Fig. 14, C-D). The
nine rimsherds, in contrast, are all brushed horizontally (Fig. 14, A-B)
except for one which is brushed diagonally. On one sherd containing
portions of both body and rim, the body is brushed vertically and the
rim horizontally. The body and rim areas are separated on this sherd by
a horizontal row of small, closely spaced punctations made with a
pointed instrument. On three of the nine rimsherds there are similar
single rows of punctations just below the lip.
The miscellaneous brushed sherds appear to have come, by and large, from
jars with outcurved rims, the bodies brushed vertically and the rims
brushed horizontally. The body and rim areas were probably separated in
most cases by a horizontal row of closely spaced punctations made with
the end of a stick, and similar rows of punctations were placed on some
rims just below the lip at the top of the brushed zone. The juncture of
the body and the rim usually formed a distinct angle. There is the
possibility that some vessels with brushed bodies had plain or incised
rims, or, conversely, that some with brushed rims had plain or incised
bodies. The horizontally brushed rims, some with punctations, are quite
similar to the rims of type Pease Brushed-Incised, and it is quite
likely that some of the brushed sherds came from Pease vessels. It is
also possible that some of the brushed body sherds are from vessels with
incised rims of the Maydelle Incised type (Suhm _et al._, 1954: 324 and
Pl. 46) described later.
_Incised Pottery_
Thirty-nine sherds with incised lines were found at the Harroun Site, 31
of them body sherds and the other eight from rims. The incised sherds
are all sherd tempered with varying amounts of sand included in the
paste. Bone tempering is also present in eight. Surface colors are
predominantly light browns and grays, indicating an oxidizing atmosphere
during firing. The characteristic surface treatment of the exteriors is
smoothing (done before incising), and all the interiors are smoothed.
Wall thickness varies from 4 to 8 mm. Two sherds have red slips.
Eleven of the incised sherds have vertical or diagonal appliqué strips
marking off the vessel body into panels, each panel being decorated with
parallel incised lines (Fig. 13, E-F). These have all the
characteristics of Pease Brushed-Incised body sherds, and they have all
been assigned to that type.
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