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Three solid detached upper limbs from crude pottery figures are 

 also present. They range from a large, three-fingered piece (2.5 cm 

 in diameter), which may have come from a reptilian form, to a small, 

 curved, fingerless limb 8 mm in diameter. The intermediate-sized 

 piece, a forearm and hand, is the best modeled, having five fingers 



Fig. 13. — Modeled pottery head, Dixon site. 



and a series of incised circles with punctured centers around tlie 

 wrist, apparently depicting a bracelet (pi. 27, fig. 2, /). The smallest 

 pottery limb probably came from figurines such as are shown from 

 Indian Hill (pi. 28, fig. i, a-c) ; the types to which the others 

 were affixed is unknown. 



A considerable number of copper artifacts were found at this 

 site. The majority of these pieces came from the central votive 

 offering, the polychrome vase containing 30 copper bells of various 

 sizes, two copper rings or ear spools, and a hammered disk of copper. 

 In addition, about half a dozen identical small copper bells were 

 found in the soil near this central offering. The bells range in 

 length from 1.8 cm (pi. 10, c) to 7 cm (pi. 9, d), and several 

 types are represented. The largest bell (pi. 9, a) is broken, and one 

 flange has been crumpled up to hold the clapper, which, as in all 

 the other bells, consists of a piece of gravel or a small pebble. The 

 top of this bell is flat and, like the neck, has fine incisions or lines 



