HoLMi-:s] POTTERY OF THE SAVANNAH 137 



is of the most usiuil type, but ditiVrs from others in having iioiU's at 

 the center and in having the arms of tiie cross curved, as shown in 

 plate CKixh. The height is 15 inches, and the diametei- at the rim 

 l"i inches. 'Ilie Ixiwl cover is of the same kind of ware, and is well 

 made and symmetric. The surface inside and out is finished with a 

 polishing tool. The color, as in most of tiiis ware, is a dark lirownish 

 gray, somewhat mottled by tii'ing or by use over tire. Four S-shape(l 

 ornaments, with nodes placed within the curves, are set about the most 

 expanded part of the body. The diameter is [-Jk inches and the dej)th 

 7 or 8 inches. 



The s]jecimen presented in plate cwii'/ was plowed uj) near .Mil- 

 ledgeville, Georgia. It was engraxcd on wood for Dr. Chai'jcs Kau. 

 and was published in his Collections of tlie National Museum, but 

 the defects of drawing aw such as to mislead the student with respect 

 to the character of the surfa<'c finish. The stamj) design was a very 

 simple one, founded on the cross, the four inclosed angles being tilled 

 in by straight lines, as is seen in plate c.xivr. One arm of the cross 

 was more stiongly i'clie\ed than the othei-, and this gave rise, where 

 the impressions happened to lie continuous, to the heavy lines shown 

 in e.xaggeiated form in the Kau engraving. That the stamp was rigid 

 and fiat on the face is apparent from the nature of the impres.sions on 

 the con\ex surface of the vase, and also from numerous de(>p impres- 

 sions of the edge of the tool at the sharp cui've of the \'essel where 

 the neck joins the body. The somewhat fragmentary \ase presented 

 in h was obtained from a mound in (leorgia. The stamp design, so 

 far as it could be deciphered, is given in plate rxiv (/. and i-mbodies 

 as its main feature the guilloche or the impei'fectly connected scroll. 



The associati(jn of the stamped earthenware with ware typit'al of 

 sui'rounding regions may be accotuited for in two ways - first, through 

 occupation of a single site by more than one group of people at the 

 same or at difl'erent times, and. second, by the jtosswsion or manu- 

 facture of more than one variety by a single conmuinitv. Two inter- 

 esting illustrations of the intermirtgling of types may be pr<'sente<l. 

 P>xplorations carried on for the Bureau of Amei-ican Ethnology under 

 the direction of Dr Thomas in the mounds and graves of Caldwell 

 county. North Carolina, yielded many fine examples of pottery, among 

 which were \ases and bowls of southern tyi)e, bowls decorated with 

 modeled animal heads and other I'elieved ornaments in western style, 

 fabric-marked pieces, and rude, undecorated \-essels, such as character- 

 ize the middle Atlantic tidewater ivgion. 



A striking exampl(> of the intermingling of sepaiate types was 

 brought to light by the opening of a small mound lo miles belovv 

 Augustji. on the Savannah river, Richmond county, (ieorgia. by 'Mi- 

 ll. L. Reynolds, of the Bui'eau of American Ethnology. No mound 

 has yielded finer examples of the stamped ware, two pieces of \\ liirli 



