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456 HARVARD AFRICAN STUDIES
This list, with all the omissions and in spite of the paucity of the material, shows clearly
that K XVIII belongs to the general group, K III, K IV, K X, and K XVI, connected by
the daggers, razors, knives, armlets, horn-protectors, haematite palettes, fans, headrests,
seals, and beads, especially circlets. But the absence of the characteristic mica ornaments
and bone implements, and the predominance of the palettes, whetstones, whetting horns,
colors, and such rude utensils and materials, establish a separation from K III, K IV, and
K X and a rather more intimate connection with K XVI. The pottery agrees entirely with
the conclusion based on the other material. The fine beakers, Bkt. I-V, have disappeared,
except for one poor example of Bkt. 1-9; even the transition form, Bkt. VI, is unrepresented,
while the degenerate form Bkt. VIII predominates (as in K XVI), and a new awkward
form with a well-marked edge to the base, Bkt. VII, has been introduced. The bowls,
Bkt. XI-XIV, continue. The globular pots are represented solely by the ruder forms.
The W. J. shows the proximity to K XVI, while the R. W., W. S. R., Db. W., and K. W.
vessels bring the group into line with the four principal tumuli. The preponderance of the
coarse wares, on the other hand, separates K XVIII from K III, K IV, and K X and places
it near K XVI. To sum up the whole material; since the archaeological group of K XVIII
is clearly allied to that of K XVI but less intimately related to K X than is K XVI, it is
necessary to assign tumulus K XVIII to a place after K XVI.
This list, with all the omissions and in spite of the paucity of the material, shows clearly
that K XVIII belongs to the general group, K III, K IV, K X, and K XVI, connected by
the daggers, razors, knives, armlets, horn-protectors, haematite palettes, fans, headrests,
seals, and beads, especially circlets. But the absence of the characteristic mica ornaments
and bone implements, and the predominance of the palettes, whetstones, whetting horns,
colors, and such rude utensils and materials, establish a separation from K III, K IV, and
K X and a rather more intimate connection with K XVI. The pottery agrees entirely with
the conclusion based on the other material. The fine beakers, Bkt. I-V, have disappeared,
except for one poor example of Bkt. 1-9; even the transition form, Bkt. VI, is unrepresented,
while the degenerate form Bkt. VIII predominates (as in K XVI), and a new awkward
form with a well-marked edge to the base, Bkt. VII, has been introduced. The bowls,
Bkt. XI-XIV, continue. The globular pots are represented solely by the ruder forms.
The W. J. shows the proximity to K XVI, while the R. W., W. S. R., Db. W., and K. W.
vessels bring the group into line with the four principal tumuli. The preponderance of the
coarse wares, on the other hand, separates K XVIII from K III, K IV, and K X and places
it near K XVI. To sum up the whole material; since the archaeological group of K XVIII
is clearly allied to that of K XVI but less intimately related to K X than is K XVI, it is
necessary to assign tumulus K XVIII to a place after K XVI.