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the wide-mouthed pot to the well-developed bottle. They really cor- 

 respond closely to the high-necked bottles in all respects save in height 

 of neck, and the separation is therefore for convenience of treatment 

 only. The following illustration (Fig. 406) will give a good idea of the 

 forms included. 



Fig. 406.— Forms of jar-shaped bottles. 



There are also many eccentric and many extremely interesting life 

 forms included in this group. A number of vases, modeled after the 

 human head, are, by their general outline, properly included. 



Ornamentation. — The rims, bodies, and bases are embellished much 

 after the fashion of the vessels already described, with the exception 

 that handles or handle-like appendages or ornaments seldom appear. 

 The painted designs are in one, two, or three colors, and the incised 

 figures have been executed both in the soft and in the thoroughly dried 

 clay. 



The style of execution is often of a very high order, especially in some 

 of the more southerly examples, a number of which are from the mounds 

 of Mississippi and Louisiana. We note the fact that in a few of the 

 designs there is a slight suggestion of Mexican forms. 



In illustrating this group, I am compelled, for the want of space to 

 omit many interesting examples. I present only such as seem to me 

 especially instructive 



Illustrations. — Ordinary forms. — The vessel shown in Fig. 407 may 

 be taken as a type of a very large class. It is most readily described 

 as a short-necked, wide-mouthed bottle. It is symmetrical in shape 



Fig. 407.— Bottle: Pecan Point, Arkansas.— J. 



and very nicely finished. The lip is supplied with a narrow, horizontal 

 rim. The body expands somewhat abruptly from the base of the up- 



