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fers to the paste, the last to an important decorative feature, and
the middle, if present, modifies the last. A type called "Botany
Horned" refers to a vessel of "Botany" paste (coarse, grit-tempered)
with cylindrical, hornlike appendages extending from the lip or
rim. If one wishes to differentiate between large and small horns
or decorated and undecorated horns, one might use the terms
"Botany Large Horned," "Botany Small Horned," or "Botany In-
cised Horned." Such terms refer to prominent features of the
vessels and in that sense are de.tl iptive. They are, however, in no
sense complete descriptions but rather convenient abbreviations of
complete dcl iiptions. Complete descriptions must be explicitly
presented before a type name is used so that comparative students
can know what is meant.
 It is convenient to have terms to refer to sherds which, because
of their size or uniqueness, cannot be typed. Such terms, for ex-
ample, as "Botany miscellaneous incised" or "Botany niielllicous
punctated" refer to sherds of Botany paste exhibiting some incision
or punctation. The amount of decoration is too small for proper
typing and, hence, the sherds are included in a miscellaneous cate-
gory. This permits the indication of the presence of incision or
other ceramic modes even when sherds are not classifiable as to
specific types. Similarly, "Botany unique incised" would refer to an
incised sherd of Botany paste with decorative features not, as yet,
included in a type description. Under this system one needs several
examples to properly establish a pottery type. Unique examples
may prove to be trade sherds from another site.
 In text and tables, I have used capitalization to indicate formal
pottery types. Lower case designations refer to sherd groupings not
formalized into specific types, as explained above.
 After examination of the typology presented below, many may
feel I have been too much of a "splitter" of pottery types. It is
very difficult at this stage in our research to determine just what
are significant differences in various ceramic modes. For example,
it might seem that Botany Horned and Botany Lugged should be
included in one type as both refer to vessels with simple ceramic
additions made at the lip. Under some typological situations both
might even be included in the definition of Botany Plain. How-
ever, as "lugs" but no "horns" are reported by Rainey (1940) and