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Jar Shapes 



MINIATURE VESSELS xl 

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Figure 27. — Miniature vessels: dippers, spoons, and jar shapes. Clarksville site, 44Mcl4. 



outline. Molded vessels were decorated with either punctations or 

 incised lines while the larger symmetrical vessels were given the same 

 treatments as vessels put to practical use. Miniatures occurred in the 

 form of dippers, bowls, and ollas. On the rim of one of the bowl 

 shapes there were opposing holes where some sort of handle was at- 

 tached as a means of suspension. This handle was probably fiber or 

 a strip of leather. Handles of this type were never found on the 

 larger vessels (fig. 27). 



Adomos. — Adornos in the shape of animal eflSgies were found in 

 various midden pits. How or where they were used could not be de- 

 termined from the specimens themselves, for in no instances were any 

 found attached to the lip areas of vessels or to any other object. Their 



