Accession No

Z 961 C


Description

Rim sherd, from vessel with pointed rim, decorated with unevenly spaced incised lines. Material light brown in colour with orange hues, blackened areas and very dark grey core with small inclusions.


Place

Americas; North America; United States of America; Louisiana; Grand River; Assumption Parish; Miller Place


Period

Early Mississippian Coles Creek Culture


Source

Moore, Clarence Bloomfield [excavator and donor]


Department

Arch


Reference Numbers

Z 961 C; 126 [Moore no.]


Cultural Affliation


Material

Ceramic; Pottery


Local Term


Measurements


Events

Context (Display)
Displayed as 'Coles Creek culture, Early Mississippi'
Event Date
Author: maa


Description (Physical description)
Catalogue card for Z 961 A-C: 'Three fragments of pottery.'
Event Date
Author: maa


Context (Field collection)
From mound on Miller 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. 10-12
Event Date 1913
Author: Imogen Gunn (admin)


Description (Physical description)
Rim sherd, from vessel with pointed rim, decorated with unevenly spaced incised lines. Material light brown in colour with orange hues, blackened areas and very dark grey core with small inclusions.
Event Date 15/4/2025
Author: Stephanie Chinneck


FM:326684

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