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CERTAIN MOUNDS OF ARKANSAS AND OF MISSISSIPPI. 535 
Vessel No. 100 is a shallow bowl of dark ware (Fig. 48), having as decoration 
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incised over the entire base. an interesting form of the swastika—a variety found 
in the United States and in Central America.! 
Professor Holmes has kindly prepared for us the followi ing note? on this form 
of swastika : 
Fic. 48.— Vessel No. 100. Greer. (Diameter 6.4 inehes.) 
4 With regard to the device engraved on the bottom of the earthen bowl, you 
will remember that it occurs on engraved shells and in various degrees of conven- 
tion on the stamped earthenware of the Southern States. It is also a very general 
1 Thomas Wilson, “ The Swastika," Rep. U. 5. Nat. Mus., 1894, 
902. 
? See, also, William H. Holm пев, “Оп the Origin of the Cross Sy ‘mbol, ” Proc. Am. Antiq. Soc, 
Oct. 24, 1906. 
