Ohio archæological and historical quarterly . egs for support. Thislast-named characteristic is a most decided departure 510 Ohio Arch, and Hist. Society Publications from the usual in primitive pottery, most of whichmerely has the rounded base, or bottom, without modi-fication of any kind. Explorations of other mounds of the Hopewell cul-ture type, such as the Harness mound, south of Chilli-cothe; the Seip mound, in the Paint Creek Valley; andthe Tremper mound, in the lower Scioto valley, hadconstantly produced potsherds bearing projections sug-gesting legs; but it was not until the finding o
Ohio archæological and historical quarterly . egs for support. Thislast-named characteristic is a most decided departure 510 Ohio Arch, and Hist. Society Publications from the usual in primitive pottery, most of whichmerely has the rounded base, or bottom, without modi-fication of any kind. Explorations of other mounds of the Hopewell cul-ture type, such as the Harness mound, south of Chilli-cothe; the Seip mound, in the Paint Creek Valley; andthe Tremper mound, in the lower Scioto valley, hadconstantly produced potsherds bearing projections sug-gesting legs; but it was not until the finding of entirevessels in the Mound City group that they could bedefinitely identified as such. Squier and Davis report finding numerous brokenvessels, particularly in mounds number 2 and number3. In a few instances they were able to effect completeor partial restorations, which are illustrated in theirreport. Fig. 39 shows one of these vessels, frommound number 2, as having a flat bottom. From thesame mound our survey removed a vessel which, while. Fig. 39. Pottery restored from Mound No. 2, after Squier & Davis. Exploration of the Mound City Group 511 broken, readily lent itself to restoration. This pot,shown as Fig. 40, is similar to that of Squier and Davis,from the same mound, except that the bottom isrounded and is supplied with legs for its support. It ismade of a fine grade of clay, tempered with brokenshell, and is well burned. Its general form is square,with rounded corners, the top or rim being much more
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