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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