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symbolize the head of the frog as a horizontal rim lug showing eyes 

 and mouth. In some cases the broad strap handle is modeled to rep- 

 resent the frog as seen in lower left sherd in plate 117, a. Here "eyes" 

 are made in the handle and legs in high relief are placed on the side of 

 the vessel. The two types of frog symbolization are demonstrated by 

 drawing restoration of sherds as shown in figures 69 and 71. This use 

 of the frog has been found in no other site in the basin and is abun- 

 dant here. 



Plate 118, a, shows a variety of wares from this site. The fluted 

 rim on small vessels is common. Incised and punctate specimens are 

 not common. All material from this site was shell-tempered. From 



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 Figure 69. — Drawing restoration of bowl. 



one section of the mound a number of sherds of wattlework were 

 found. As shown in plate 118, &, this clay, mixed with grass and 

 some large pieces of shell, was plastered on parallel canes about 0.5 

 inch in diameter. It does not occur in sufficient quantity to justify 

 the conclusion that it was used in walls of buildings. In this mound 

 it was used only in some minor construction. 



Very few complete vessels were found on this site. In some in- 

 stances sherds from a single vessel were grouped so that partial res- 

 torations were possible. In plate 119, a, are two vessels partially re- 

 stored. One is a typical frog effigy bowl — a mortuary offering. The 

 other is a large cooking pot, cord-paddled, found crushed on the old 

 village site under the mound. 



