AKT. 22 HOPEWELL POTTERY FROM LOUISIANA SETZLER H 



with flanging top, of about a pint capacity, decorated with curves and figures 

 impressed with a blunt point. 



3. FLAT-BOTTOM BOWL FROM MOUND 8 



Plate 2, A 



This bowl is so nearly identical in form and decoration with 

 vessel 2 that further description is unnecessary. One is tempted to 

 conclude that they were made by the same potter, so great is the 

 similarity. If this were true, then Mound 8, containing this pot, 

 would likely have been built about the same time as Mound 4, which 

 contained the vessel previously described. 



This vessel was found " west of the center [in a circular grave] 

 * * * measuring close to 2 feet in diameter. * * * a pot 

 ornately decorated • * * * broken into many pieces." ^® 



4. FLAT-BOTTOM BOWL FROM MOUND 4 



Plate 2, C 



This bowl contains the same tempering material as the other 

 vessels. The texture is soft, breaking in straight lines. 



Between two parallel encircling grooves 1 inch apart is a decorated 

 band consisting alternately of a series of three parallel grooves 1 

 inch long and a series of nine indentations, three rows of three 

 each, made with a blunt instrument. The design, somewhat re- 

 sembling the base of a projectile point, is repeated three times 

 around the vessel. It consists of alternating polished and rough- 

 ened areas outlined by incised grooves. The outlined bands, which 

 have been polished in one of the three areas, are roughened in 

 the adjoining section (fig. 4). The roughening on this vessel is 

 not made with the roulette but by the zigzag technique. So many 

 fragments are missing that one can only guess as to whether the 

 design is geometric or realistic. Mr. Fowke makes no direct refer- 

 ence to this vessel. 



5. UNIQUE VESSEL FROM MOUND 4 



Plate 3, A 



The tempering of this vessel seems to be pulverized potsherds. 

 The elliptical base has been worn considerably, even though the sur- 

 face is so hard that it can not be scratched with a finger nail. Only 

 about two-thirds of the sides was found, which in this case was 

 hardly sufficient to determine the complete design. One side and an 

 end show that part of the decoration was executed by outlining 

 smooth polished bands with deeply incised grooves, while the rest 

 of the surface was roughened. 



"Ibid., p. 424. 



