MYER] GORDON TOWN SITE 533 
A large oval vessel, 30 by 24 inches, shown in Figure 147. It had 
no fabric impressions on its exterior. 
Three pots resembling the one shown in Figure 145 and similar to 
each other in size and shape, 12 inches in diameter at rim. 
Two beaded-rim bowls, identical in shape, color, and ornamenta- 
tion, one 10 inches and the other 8 inches in diameter. They are 
similar to the restored bowl in Plate 118, a. They were both of 
dark gray ware, showing a large number of powdered shell flecks, 
similar to Plate 106, a. 
One small, light red pot (pl. 106, f). It was 5 inches in diameter 
at rim and similar in shape to pot shown in Figure 135. 
Two fragments of flint. 
Bows with DECORATIONS SHOWING PROBABLE S1oUuAN RE LA- 
TIONSHIP 
Small fragments of three bowls bearing the equal-arm cross and 
the encircling sun symbol were found scattered through the black 
loam in circles Nos. 1, 3, and 23. The design on the interior of two 
of these bowls is shown in Plate 112, a; that of the third in Plate 112, b. 
Two of these bowls had similar designs. On the interior they were 
ornamented with equal-arm crosses with encircling sun symbol on 
the bottom and with V-shape decorations on the side. Plate 112, a, 
shows the design on the interior of both of these bowls. The frag- 
ment of one of these bowls was found in circle No. 1; the fragment of 
the other in circle No. 23. At first glance these fragments may 
appear too small to form a basis for the restoration of this elaborate 
design. As a matter of fact, the restoration has a much larger foun- 
dation; it is in reality based on several similarly decorated bowls 
found on various sites in Tennessee, Arkansas, and southeastern 
Missouri, whose culture closely resembles that of the Gordon site. 
If space permitted illustrations of these similar bowls, the reader 
would see that the restorations have reasonable foundation. 
In Plate 112, 6, is shown a restoration of the third vessel with 
decoration somewhat similar to that in Plate 112, a, except that the 
four world-quarter and sun symbols replace the V-shaped decorations 
on the rim. These fragments were from circle No. 3. 
The exterior of one of the bowls reproduced in Plate 112, a, was a 
brownish Indian red somewhat browner than Plate 106, e. The 
decorations were white on a black ground. 
The other bowl represented by the same illustration was a whitish 
cream color, both on its exterior and interior. The decorations were 
cream on a black ground. 
The vessel shown in Plate 112, 6, was black on its exterior and 
cream on its interior. The decorations were black on a cream back- 
ground. 
