CONTENTS.

Page.
Introductory[367]
Ceramic groups[369]
Middle Mississippi province[369]
Distribution[369]
How found[370]
Age[371]
Use[371]
Construction[372]
Material[372]
Color[373]
Form[373]
Finish[373]
Ornament[373]
Modification of shape[373]
Relief ornament[374]
Intaglio designs[374]
Designs in color[374]
Classification of forms[375]
Origin of form[376]
Bowls[376]
Form[376]
Ornament[377]
Illustrations[378]
Ordinary forms[378]
Eccentric forms[380]
Life forms[383]
Pot-shaped vessels[392]
Material[393]
Form[393]
Handles[393]
Origin of handles[393]
Ornament[394]
Illustrations[394]
Wide-mouthed bottles or jars[398]
Form[399]
Ornament[399]
Illustrations[399]
Ordinary forms[399]
Eccentric forms[403]
Life forms[404]

High-necked bottles[411]
Form[411]
Ornament[412]
Illustrations[413]
Ordinary forms[413]
Eccentric forms[420]
Life forms[422]
Upper Mississippi province[426]
Gulf province[431]
Résumé[434]

ILLUSTRATIONS.

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Fig. 361.—Scale of forms[376]
362.—Forms of bowls[376]
363.—Rim modification[377]
364.—Bowl: Arkansas[378]
365.—Bowl: Arkansas[378]
366.—Cup: Arkansas[379]
367.—Bowl: Arkansas[379]
368.—Bowl: Arkansas[380]
369.—Cup: Arkansas[380]
370.—Cup: Arkansas[380]
371.—Rectangular bowl: Arkansas[381]
372.—Burial casket: Tennessee[381]
373.—Trough-shaped vessel: Arkansas[382]
374.—Clay vessels imitating shell[384]
375.—Bowl imitating a conch shell[384]
376.—Frog-shaped bowl: Arkansas[385]
377.—Frog-shaped bowl: Arkansas[385]
378.—Animal-shaped bowl: Arkansas[385]
379.—Bird-shaped bowl: Arkansas[386]
380.—Bird-shaped bowl: Arkansas[386]
381.—Bird-shaped bowl: Arkansas[387]
382.—Bowl with grotesque heads: Arkansas[387]
383.—Heads of birds[388]
384.—Grotesque heads[388]
385.—Bowl with grotesque head: Arkansas[389]
386.—Bowl with grotesque head: Arkansas[389]
387.—Bowl with grotesque handle: Arkansas[390]
388.—Animal-shaped bowl: Arkansas[390]
389.—Animal-shaped bowl: Arkansas[391]
390.—Bowl with bat's head: Arkansas[392]
391.—Bowl: Arkansas[392]
392.—Forms of pots[393]
393.—Handles[393]
394.—Pot: Arkansas[394]
395.—Pot: Arkansas[395]
396.—Pot: Tennessee[395]
397.—Pot: Arkansas[395]
398.—Pot: Arkansas[395]
399.—Pot: Alabama[396]
400.—Pot: Arkansas[396]
401.—Pot: Arkansas[396]
402.—Pot: Arkansas[396]
403.—Pot: Arkansas[397]
404.—Pot: Tennessee[397]
405.—Pot: Arkansas[398]
406.—Forms of jar-shaped bottles[399]
407.—Bottle: Arkansas[399]
408.—Bottle: Arkansas[400]