HOI.MKS] POTTERY OF KKANKLIN (orNTV, FLORIDA 111 



ciiitioii i.s close with tlic ijottcrv fouiul at Tarpon Spi-iiiys and otluT 

 crntnil and western peninsular sites. Their paste, color, and some 

 details. of ft)rni connect tiieni with the .Vpalachicola wart^. 'I'he i'raj^. 

 ment shown in <■ appears to icpresent a well-exeented vessel corre 

 spondiug in shape to c of the precedinjf plate. 



.V characteristic and V(>rv interesting' series of vesscds was acciuired 

 receiitlyby the National Museinn from Mr ('. II. B. Lloyd, wiio exhumed 

 tliem from a mound in Franklin county. Ten of these arc siiow n in 

 plate i.xxviii. They n^present a wide range of form and llnisii. 'ilie 

 paste is silicious l)ut g(>nerally line-grained, and in some pieces liecks 

 of mica are plentiful. The color is a warnigTay,sav<' in one case, where 

 the tiring has gix-en a mottled terra-cotta red. In general they are 

 South Appalachian rather than Floridian, as is indicated by their 

 material, form, and decoration. Two pieces resemble the porous ware 

 of Floritla in appearance and liiiish. Three are decorated with elabo- 

 rately ligured stamps, and one is painted red. Incised lines appear in 

 a few cases. Unstamped surfaces aj'e iinisheil Vv'ith a polishing stone. 

 All are perforated, a hole having been knocked in the bottom of each, 

 save in one case, in which a circular opening about an inch in diameter 

 was made while the clay was still soft. This vessel has a thick(\ncd 

 rim. flat on the upper surface and nearly an inch wide. A rudely 

 mcjdeled bird's head is afHxed to the upper surface of the rim. Tlie 

 surface is rather I'oughly finished and has received a wash of red 

 ocher. A small fragment of anothei' similar vase, supplied with an 

 animal heail, belongs to the collection, and a closely analogous speci- 

 n)en. now in the National .Musemn. came from a mound near Gaines- 

 ville. 



\ i-enuu'kable vessel — a bottli^ with i-(>ddish paste, squarisli cruci- 

 form bod}^ as viewed from abov(s and a higii. wide foot — is shown in 

 plate Lxxviii, and on a larger scale in [)late i..\xviiia1. A vertical 

 view in outline is given in 2, and the engraved design encii'cling the 

 base — partly brokc^n away — appears in 8. The four flatfish hoin- 

 .shaped wings that extend from the collar out over thc^ body, ending in 

 rounded projecting points, constitute a wholly unitjui' plastic feature, 

 although the engraved iigures are repeated in sherds from northern 

 and western Florida. The lines and figures are deeply engraved and 

 almost certainly r(^present some graphic original, traces of the, life 

 features appearing through the mask of convention. Something in 

 the general appearance and decorative treatment suggests Caribbean 

 work, and in t^ie shape of the base and the band of encircling deco- 

 ration there is a hint of Yucatec treatment; still the piece is, as a 

 whole, essentially Floridian. 



Three vessels shown in plate lxxviii, the largest pot and two 

 smaller pieces, have collars of stamped iigures, the remaindei' of the 

 surface being somewhat rudely polished. In two cases the stamped 



