Accession No
Z 959 D
Description
Sherd from a decorated vessel. Body sherd, decorated on the exterior with grooves and triangles filled with linear indentations; buff fabric.
Place
Americas; North America; United States of America; Louisiana; Madison Parish; Lake Place
Period
Early Mississippian Troyville Culture
Source
Moore, Clarence Bloomfield [excavator and donor]
Department
Arch
Reference Numbers
Z 959 D; 131 [Moore no.]
Cultural Affliation
Material
Ceramic; Pottery
Local Term
Measurements
Events
Description (Labels & Markings)
Label adhered, with Moore number printed in blue: '131'
Event Date
Author: Katrina Dring
Context (Display)
Displayed as 'Troyville Culture, Early Mississippi Period but pottery is closely related to Marksville, same age as Coles Creek'
Event Date
Author: maa
Description (Physical description)
Catalogue card for Z 959 A-D: 'Four fragments of pottery.'
Event Date
Author: maa
Context (Field collection)
From mounds at Lake Place. Excavated by C.B. Moore, 1912 or 1913. See archive (FR5/1/1) for notes and labels.
Event Date 1912
Author: Imogen Gunn (admin)
Context (References)
Moore, C.B. (1913). 'Some Aboriginal Sites in Louisiana and in Arkansas'. Journal of the Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia. 2nd series, vol. 16. pp. 61-63
Event Date 1913
Author: Imogen Gunn (admin)
Description (Physical description)
Sherd from a decorated vessel. Body sherd, decorated on the exterior with grooves and triangles filled with linear indentations; buff fabric.
Event Date 15/4/2025
Author: Katrina Dring
FM:326683
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