432 ANCIENT POTTERY OF THE MISSISSIPPI VALLEY. 



of the band and the intervening triangles are filled in with groups of 

 straight lines. All the lines are well drawn and appear to have been 

 cut with a sharp point in the dry clay. 



Fig. 460.— Bowl: Alabama. — J. 



Bottle-shaped vases are not found to any great extent outside of 

 the Mississippi Valley, and are quite rare in Alabama, Georgia, and 

 Florida. 



The piece illustrated in Fig. 4G1 is from Mississippi, and in most re- 



Fig. 461 Bottle: Mississippi.— J. 



spects is identical with the ware of the Gulf Province. The paste is 

 silicious, fine-grained, and quite Lard. The color is slightly ferruginous 



