346 MOUNDVILLE REVISITED. 
Burial No. 39, the skeleton of an adult, lying on the left side and partly 
flexed, had, near the legs where perhaps it had been thrown by an aboriginal dis- 
turbance, an ear-plug of earthenware, shown in Fig. 3 
We shall now describe the more noteworthy vessels in detail, the ware being 
black in every instance, unless otherwise specified. 
Vessel No. 2 from the field west of Mound R, is a bowl of coarse ware, of 
about one gallon capacity. Around a short neck, first upright and then slightly 
flaring, are eight loop-handles. The inside is decorated with bright red paint. 
Vessel No. 32 from the ground south of Mound D, is a 
small water-bottle having engraved upon it the well-known 
Moundville design of the open hand and eye." In this 
instance the hand, which is shown five times, points down- 
ward as in the case of the next two vessels described. 
Vessel No. 8 from the field west of Mound R, is a small 
bottle of fine, yellow ware, having the design of the hand and 
e GE us c RS six times represented. 
enware. (Full size.) Vessel No. 27 from the ground south of Mound D, a cup, 
has this same design six times shown around the body of the 
vessel and once on the base. 
Vessel No. 22 from the ground south of Mound D, a small pot of coarse, yellow 
ware, with two loop-handles and, on two opposite sides as decoration, a very rudi- 
mentary animal form. 
Vessel No. 61 from the ground south of Mound D, is a small effigy-vessel repre- 
senting a frog. Two larger vessels of this kind will later be particularly described 
and figured. : 
Vessel No. 5 from the ground south of Mound D,is a small bowl with a 
notched band around the rim and three equidistant, rudely modeled effigies of 
human heads, projecting upward. А fourth head is missing. 
Vessel No. 76 from the ground south of Mound D, is a bowl, elliptical in out- 
line (with part of the side missing), which has represented a fish. Тһе tail is 
present, as are a notched ridge on one side for the spines, and projections on the 
other side for the ventral fins. Тһе head is lacking through aboriginal breakage, 
and the projection left by it has been carefully smoothed and rounded by the 
aborigines. 
Vessel No. 7 from the ground south of Mound D (Figs. 4, 5), presents a beau- 
tiful decoration which is four times shown. In the center of each design is a 
swastika within two concentric circles. Enclosing these are four series of three 
fingers each, representing the four directions. А band of cross-hatched design 
encircles the body of the vessel; with which band four equidistant, perpendicular 
bands, also cross-hatched, form the sign of the cross, or the four directions. Series 
‘For the symbol of the open eye on the open hand, in ancient Mexico see “ Altmexikanischer 
Schmuck und soziale und militärische Rangabzeichen," Prof. Dr. Eduard Seler. Gesammelte Abhand- 
lungen, Fig. 99, pp. 569, 579. 
