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The lower half of the vessels on Plate 2, A and B, has been deco- 

 rated in much the same manner as the figure outlined on the four 

 lobes of Plate 1. The figures on the upper half of the vessels bear 

 no resemblance to those on the other vessels, yet the method of decora- 

 tion is precisely the same as that on the lower half. 



The manner of outlining by deeply incised grooves and the zig- 

 zag roughening on the vessel shown on Plate 2, C, bears resemblance 

 to the aforementioned three vessels. The band of decoration below 

 the rim on this vessel is radically different from the typical Hope- 

 well, yet it is closely comparable to the band around the neck of 

 the vessel on Plate 3, C. This latter jar has slightly incised parallel 

 lines running at a 45° angle, which may represent the unfinished 

 cross-hatched design found on the typical Hopewell jars. 



The vessel shown on Plate 3, B, has the characteristic smooth 

 bands outlined with grooves, while the rest of the surface is rough- 

 ened. Instead of the typical cross-hatched and punctate design be- 

 low the rim, this vessel has only the line of punctations or bisected 

 cones, while the area usually cross-hatched is smooth. 



The two jars (pi. 3, C and D) differ most radically from the rest 

 of the vessels as well as from the typical Hopewell. Jar C has 

 the beginning of what appears to be the cross-hatched design below 

 the rim, but the area around the neck is similar only to the design 

 on the vessel shown on Plate 2, C. The design around the neck, 

 however, and the fact that it was found associated with vessels from 

 Mound 4 would be sufficient evidence to show that it belongs to the 

 same culture though embodying an entirely different method of 

 decoration, that is, the concentric grooves with narrow polished 

 bands between. 



The method of decorating vessels by the concentric or close-spaced 

 incised grooves is at variance with the typical Hopewell, and yet 

 the miniature vessel shown on Plate 3, D, which embodies this tech- 

 nique, clearly shows two conventionalized eagles facing each other. 

 This conventionalization certainly resembles the decoration on 

 Plates 1 and 2, A and B. 



Figures C and D on Plate 4 are the only ones on that plate that 

 show any resemblance to the aforementioned vessels. The method 

 of decoration on vessel C, Plate 4, approximates the decoration on 

 typical Hopewell vessels, while the fragmentary vase is similar to 

 the two vessels on Plate 3, C and D. 



This analj^sis indicates that the decorations on all the vessels from 

 Mounds 4 and 8 of the Marksville works show a definite relation- 

 ship to one another and that the decoration on some of them is anal- 

 ogous to the characteristic designs on vessels from the Hopewell 

 culture in the upper Mississippi Valley, 



