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ancient pottery ancient races ANIMAL APPEARANCE Archæological ARKANSAS baked clay BAKED SPECIMEN BAND base Bayou St bluff BODY Cape Girardeau centre chert circular depressions circular in plan collections COLOR conical mound cultivated field cypress Cyprie DARK RED DECORATION IS PAINTED deposits diameter and 9 earth edge elliptical in plan elliptical mound elliptical space evidence excavations FASHIONED SEPARATELY FIGURE FLESH-COLORED FOOT IS HOLLOW GROOVED LINES HANDLE HEAD HOLLOW AND CONTAINS HOLLOW BAND imperfectly defined large mound large number latter lines of swamp Loess long axis miles Mississippi River MOULDED Mound Builders mound marked MOUTH nations nearly obtained PECULIAR SHAPE PLAIN plastic art plate portion present probably quartzite RED AND WHITE relics resemblance RUDE SCALLOPED similar small mounds soil SPECIMENS REPRESENTED square SUN-DRIED SPECIMEN SUN-DRIED VESSEL surface swamp and bayou swamp region usual burial mounds vessels represented wall and ditch water-courses West Lake