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Potsherds
Object Number 80-20-10/21290
Display Title Potsherds
Descriptions
Object Description Mississippian Plain, variety Neeley's Ferry; bowl, open, slightly everted and flat lip, mammal head rim adorno (wolf?) and unidentified noded and perforated adorno, burnished.
Inventory Description Ceramic sherds from effigy bowl, Rim design includes animal head.
Classification
  • Effigy
Department Archaeological
Date A.D. 1350 - 1550
Culture
  • Parkin Phase
Geography/Provenience/Site Name
North America / United States / Arkansas / Cross County / <City> / Neeley's Ferry Mounds; Arkansas State # 3CS24
Intrasite No information
Additional Geographic Terms Saint Francis River, West side of
Materials Ceramic
Dimensions Overall: 12 x 17.5 cm (4 3/4 x 6 7/8 in.)
Quantity 8
Label on object 21.290
Provenance
Collector Edwin Curtiss (01/01/1880)
Expedition Peabody Museum Expedition (04/01/1880)

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PrimaryMedia Object Number Title Classification Geography/Provenience SHARE
Rim effigies
80-20-10/21325 Rim effigies
Effigy
Neeley's Ferry Mounds; Arkansas State # 3CS24
Fragment of pot with coiled handle
80-20-10/21291 Fragment of pot with coiled handle
Effigy
Neeley's Ferry Mounds; Arkansas State # 3CS24
Ceramic effigy bowl, bird, tail broken off, uncatalogued sherds inside vessel
80-20-10/21177 Ceramic effigy bowl, bird, tail broken off, uncatalogued sherds inside vessel
Raw Material
Effigy
Neeley's Ferry Mounds; Arkansas State # 3CS24
Complete ceramic bowl, effigy of an animal as handle, plain
80-20-10/21553 Complete ceramic bowl, effigy of an animal as handle, plain
Effigy
Halcomb's Mounds; Arkansas State # 3CS28
Ceramic rim and body sherds, notched rim, shell temper, mended, 1 pebble
80-20-10/21039 Ceramic rim and body sherds, notched rim, shell temper, mended, 1 pebble
Raw Material
Sherd
Neeley's Ferry Mounds; Arkansas State # 3CS24
Neeley's Ferry Plain bird effigy bowl, simple lug tail, effigy on rim
80-20-10/21053 Neeley's Ferry Plain bird effigy bowl, simple lug tail, effigy on rim
Raw Material
Effigy
Neeley's Ferry Mounds; Arkansas State # 3CS24
Ceramic effigy bowl with handle, bird, shell temper
80-20-10/21132 Ceramic effigy bowl with handle, bird, shell temper
Raw Material
Effigy
Neeley's Ferry Mounds; Arkansas State # 3CS24
Jar with 4 handles and notched rim
80-20-10/21176 Jar with 4 handles and notched rim
Raw Material
Sherd
Neeley's Ferry Mounds; Arkansas State # 3CS24
Ceramic effigy bowl, bird form, broken and fragmentary
80-20-10/21787 Ceramic effigy bowl, bird form, broken and fragmentary
Sherd
Robinson's Mound
Ceramic bowl, miniature
80-20-10/21097 Ceramic bowl, miniature
Complete Vessel
Neeley's Ferry Mounds; Arkansas State # 3CS24
Ceramic bowl, partial, reconstructed, flared lip
80-20-10/21105.1 Ceramic bowl, partial, reconstructed, flared lip
Partial Vessel
Neeley's Ferry Mounds; Arkansas State # 3CS24
Earthen bowl, plain.
80-20-10/21283 Earthen bowl, plain.
Partial Vessel
Neeley's Ferry Mounds; Arkansas State # 3CS24