94 ANTIQUITIES OF THE OUACHITA VALLEY. 
Fifty-two vessels of earthenware, nearly all of which were badly crushed, 
were taken from this mound. These vessels were found near crania or else apart 
from bones—singly, in pairs, and in one case three together. 
The ware, without shell-tempering, save in the case of a single sherd, is inferior 
in quality; the decoration is commonplace as a rule and the patterns lack originality. 
Certain of the vessels from this mound are 
described in detail. 
Vessel No. 3. A bottle of compound form 
(Fig. 94), of inferior ware, rudely modeled. In- 
cised line decoration on the upper part of the body 
has been attempted, but abandoned almost imme- 
diately after inception. 
Vessel No. 33. А pot 3 inches in diameter, 
of brown ware, having a flat base and a short 
upright neck from which extends horizontally a 
scalloped margin. The interest in this little ves- 
sel is centered in its decoration, which four times 
shows (Diagram Fig. 95) a symbol, the significance 
of which is in doubt. This symbol, a familiar one 
on pottery from parts of Alabama and on stone and 
on pottery from Arkansas, appears on this vessel 
in two instances with the poles of the elliptical fig- 
ure vertical and the interior portion horizontal— 
the manner in which the symbol usually is repre- 
dee И А ита oon sented. In two cases, however, the position of the 
poles and that of the interior parts are reversed. 
U Vessel No. 5. А pot of dark ware (Fig. 96), with flat base and slightly flar- 
ing neck. Around the rim are imprints showing short, parallel lines. Five verti- 
cal rows, each consisting of six protuberances, divide the upper part of the exterior 
Fie. 95.— Vessel No. 33. Decoration, (About half size. 
of the body into five equal parts, which are filled with decoration of oblique, 
parallel lines conferred with a tool, though the effect is similar to cord-marking. 
Vessel No.40. "This bottle, of dark, inferior ware, (Fig. 97), is without decora- 
tion and is shown on account of its rather graceful form. | 
