Other Clay Artifacts

Nineteen ear spools are clay, probably tempered, polished, and fired in the same way as pottery vessels. Of these, one is part of a solid, bi-concave disk (Fig. 53, U); one is a small ring with slightly concave perimeter (Fig. 53, V); and the other 17 are parts of rings with strong flanges around both edges on the exterior (Fig. 53, W, X). The 17 fragments are from no less than 13 different rings, probably 15, but no definite pairs can be seen. Four are decorated with closely spaced engraved lines completely crossing the interior surface from one flange lip to the other (Fig. 53, W). Colors are like those of resident pottery: light brown, medium brown, reddish brown, and black. One black fragment is from under the mound, beneath the floor of Feature 31 but above the floor of Feature 37. One other was in Phase 2 position, under mound wash; one is from Feature 9; one from the secondary mound; and 14, including the complete ring, are from the field in Zones 16 to 13. Although their numbers seem to have increased as time went by, this flanged form wasat least present before mound construction began

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• Figuring identity in everyday life

  Open Access•Erell Hubert•Journal of Anthropological…•2016

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