This is a picture of either an Apache Plain or Tizon Wiped sherd (at 10 X) from the Black Canyon Rockshelter located along the Mogollon Rim of Arizona. This provides a more generalized look at the quartz/feldspar temper and dark core that is illustrated in the Temper 2 picture.

Photo by Lee Rains Clauss, sherd courtesy of Apache-Sitgreaves National Forest, USFS.

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Temper 3