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thin. and. as a rule, of medium excellence. Various forms of the bowl predomi- 
nate. The principal feature in connection with the pottery uncovered from this 
place is the great proportion of decorated vessels. In point of fact, but one wholly 
undecorated vessel, or part of a vessel, was met with in the mound. 
With the exception of a vessel having a design of red and of cream-colored 
pigments upon it. all others from this mound bear incised or trailed decoration to a 
greater or less extent. This decoration is largely conventional and often based on 
the scroll, as is so frequently the case with pottery in the Lower Mississippi region. 
The following vessels from this place are deemed worthy of particular attention. 
Vessel No. 7. This superb bottle, of thin, hard, black ware, by the exactness 
of the spacing and the freedom shown in the execution of the design, is in the front 
Fic. 6.—Vessel No. 7. Glass, Miss. (Height 6 inches.) 
