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Illustrations
1. Kaolinite crystals 9
2. Stages in drying moist clay 73
3. Mechanism of drying in relation to rate at which moisture is lost and to shrinkage 73
4. Temperature curves for experimental firings with various fuels 79
5. Temperature curves for firing of oxidized ware 84
6. Temperature curves for firing of Pueblo smudged ware 89
7. Relation of the three color variables 108
8. Munsell soil color charts in the positions they would occupy in a color solid 109
9. Porosity data, pottery types from Pecos, New Mexico 128
10. The effect of various classes of temper on transverse breaking strength 132
11. Data on transverse breaking strength of pottery types from Pecos, New Mexico 135
12. Tempering materials 158
13. Features of finishing techniques 189
14. Incising techniques 197
15. Use of the point, gouge, and knife for incising 201
16. Brush technique 205
17. Diagnostics of resist technique 209
18. The characteristis points of a vessel profile 226
19. The location of an inflection point 226
20. Shape classes defined by characteristic points 227
21. Three structural classes 229
22. A general system of shape classification 231
23. Geometric solids as reference norms for vessel description: sphere, ellipsoid, and
ovaloid 		234
24. Geometric surfaces as reference norms for vessel forms: cylinder, hyperboloid,
and cone 		235
25. Vessel stability 237
26. The relation of contour and proportion: vessel shapes from Mesoamerica 239
27. The effect of contour on judgment of proportions 240
28. Inadequacy of over-all proportion to define independent composite vessels 241
29. The effect of contour on impression of shoulder height 242
30. Effect of contour on judgment of neck proportions 243
31. Definitive proportions of independent restricted vessels 244
32. Rim profile variables 246
33. A device for drawing vessel profiles 254
34. The effect of vessel shape on the boundaries of the field of design 262

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Publication Information: Book Title: Ceramics for the Archaeologist. Contributors: Anna O. Shepard - author. Publisher: Carnegie Institution of Washington. Place of Publication: Washington, DC. Publication Year: 1956. Page Number: xi.
    
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