Accession No

Z 959 B


Description

Fragment of pottery, likely a pipe bowl. Hollow globular bowl with an inverted rim; top of rim decorated with parallel incisions, with two grooves below the rim. Hole in base, likely from shank or stem.


Place

Americas; North America; United States of America; Louisiana; Madison Parish; Lake Place


Period

Mississippian


Source

Moore, Clarence Bloomfield [excavator and donor]


Department

Arch


Reference Numbers

Z 959 B; MAA: 1913.503; AR 1913.397; 129 [Moore no.]


Cultural Affliation


Material

Ceramic; Pottery


Local Term


Measurements

33mm


Events

Description (Labels & Markings)
Label adhered, with Moore number printed in blue: '129'
Event Date
Author: Katrina Dring


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)
Fragment of pottery, likely a pipe bowl. Hollow globular bowl with an inverted rim; top of rim decorated with parallel incisions, with two grooves below the rim. Hole in base, likely from shank or stem.
Event Date 15/4/2025
Author: Katrina Dring


FM:326698

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