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Title: Ancient Pottery of the Mississippi Valley
Fourth Annual Report of the Bureau of Ethnology to the
Secretary of the Smithsonian Institution, 1882-83,
Government Printing Office, Washington, 1886, pages 361-436

Author: William H. Holmes

Release Date: April 7, 2010 [EBook #31907]

Language: English

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SMITHSONIAN INSTITUTION--BUREAU OF ETHNOLOGY.

ANCIENT POTTERY

OF THE

MISSISSIPPI VALLEY.

BY

WILLIAM H. HOLMES.

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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