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Vessel No. 17. (Burial No. 2.) In Fig. 41 is shown a bottle having incised 
decoration including the scroll and other designs met with in this region. | 
Vessel No. 5. (Burial No, 2.) This vessel, shown in Plate XXXVIII is of 
black ware giving evidence of an attempt at polish. The decoration, incised and 
punctate, has at one time been filled in with white pigment. The handles, almost 
solid, have slender, vertical perforations. Another vessel, also found with Burial No. 
2, is similar to this one as to size, shape, and decoration with the exception that the 
line and punctate work has been filled in with red instead of with white pigment. 
Vessel No. 4. (Burial No. 2.) This bowl (Fig. 42) of excellent black ware, 
has a neatly-made, incised and punctate decoration made up of two similar designs, 
one appearing on each side of the bowl. 
Ета. 42.—Vessel No. 4. Burial No. 2. Haley Place, Ark. (Diam. 6.8 inches.) 
Vessel No. 8. (Burial No. 2.) This interesting vessel (Fig. 43) is a fair ex- 
ample of some of the better class of those used for culinary purposes by the abori- 
gines who occupied this site, and illustrates the care bestowed by them on the 
shaping and decoration of some of these vessels. On the body, in relief, are con- 
ventional representations of the cords with the aid of which doubtless the vessel 
was suspended. It is hardly likely the handles served a utilitarian purpose. 
Vessel No. 11. (Burial No. 2.) The cooking-vessel shown in Plate XXXIX 
is one of the best of its class found at this site and shows even more care 1n its con- 
struction than the one just under description. ба 
Vessel Хо. 16. (Burial Хо. 2.) This great bottle, Lit inches in height, of 
which but 3.3 inches is the length of the neck, has been referred to in the account 
of this burial. The ware is black, the body ovoid, flattened at the base. The sole 
decoration consists of three incised, concentric, encircling lines around the body just 
below its union with the neck. Projecting from the outer circle are the markings 
seen on some sun-symbols on pottery from this region. A considerable pen of 
bottles of about this size and shape were found at this place, some of which, in > 
ments, with a great many other vessels also in fragments, have been presented by 
us to Peabody Museum, Cambridge, Mass. 
70 JOURN. А. N. 8. PHILA., VOL. XIV. 
