Accession No
Z 953 B
Description
Rim sherd, from vessel with squared, pointed rim. Top of rim decorated with line of punctation; exterior decorated with band of incised and punctate decoration inside incised horizontal and vertical lines, on one side of point are rows of incised lines with wedge shaped punctation, on other side is a triangle of oval punctation next to area of diagonal incised lines. Interior surface smoothed, material brown and grey in colour.
Place
Americas; North America; United States of America; Louisiana; Catahoula Parish; Pritchard Landing
Period
Mississippian Plaquemines Culture
Source
Moore, Clarence Bloomfield [excavator and donor]
Department
Arch
Reference Numbers
Z 953 B; 66 [Moore no.]
Cultural Affliation
Material
Ceramic; Pottery
Local Term
Measurements
Events
Description (Labels & Markings)
Object labelled in black pen, reads 'Group of mounds at Prichards Landing Catahoula Parish Louisiana (Ouachita River)'
Event Date
Author: Stephanie Chinneck
Context (Display)
Displayed as 'Plaquemines Culture'
Event Date
Author: maa
Description (Physical description)
Catalogue card for Z 953 A-J: 'Ten pieces of pots.'
Event Date
Author: maa
Context (Field collection)
From the group of mounds on Pritchard's Landing. Excavated by C.B. Moore, 1908 or 1909. See archive (FR5/1/1) for notes and labels.
Event Date 1908
Author: Imogen Gunn (admin)
Context (References)
Moore, C.B. (1909). 'Antiquities of the Ouachita Valley'. Journal of the Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia. 2nd series, vol. 14. pp. 17-20
Event Date 1909
Author: Imogen Gunn (admin)
Description (Physical description)
Rim sherd, from vessel with squared, pointed rim. Top of rim decorated with line of punctation; exterior decorated with band of incised and punctate decoration inside incised horizontal and vertical lines, on one side of point are rows of incised lines with wedge shaped punctation, on other side is a triangle of oval punctation next to area of diagonal incised lines. Interior surface smoothed, material brown and grey in colour.
Event Date 14/4/2025
Author: Stephanie Chinneck
FM:326673
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