Nodena: Artifacts from Other Sites: Arkansas Antiquities: Sam Dellinger: Raiders of the Lost Arkansas

IN THE EYE OF THE BEHOLDER

ARTIFACTS AS ART

WHAT IS AN EFFIGY POT?

COMPARISON AND CONTRAST

THE SPIRO MOUND GROUP

THE BLUFF SHELTERS

A CARNEGIE GRANT & COB CAVE

OTHER BLUFF SHELTER SITES

SALVAGE ARCHEOLOGY

ARTIFACTS FROM OTHER SITES

Nodena

TL2006.003.50 Description: Slightly shallow, bulbous bowl with a wide flaring rim and a round flat bottom. It has been restored. On the inside of the rim there are four appliquéd bear paws regularly spaced. There are fine hair-like cracks. The restored portion is very rough and gritty.

TL2006.003.54 Description: The jar has a short cylindrical neck that slopes inward slightly to a rounded ring incised rim. On the neck is a horizontal band of plain, depressed arches formed by a raised punctuated band with triangular drops. The bulbous bowl is covered with an incised, horizontal, curvilinear motif. The round bottom is plain. There is restoration on bottom and sides. Burnishing, fire clouds, and tiny cracks are all present on the vessel. It was found in Nodena.

TL2006.003.59 Description: The burnished, oval body has slightly curving sides, an incised rim, and a flat bottom. There is a well-modeled animal head in the front and a tail on the opposite side, which is incised with linear lines forming a geometric pattern.

TL2006.003.61 Description: The object is a burnish-finished water bottle with a long cylindrical neck with a rounded ring rim and a slightly rounded bottom. The vessel has an appliqué design around the shoulders.

TL2006.003.50
Description: Slightly shallow, bulbous bowl with a wide flaring rim and a round flat bottom. It has been restored. On the inside of the rim there are four appliquéd bear paws regularly spaced. There are fine hair-like cracks.
The restored portion is very rough and gritty.

University Museum Collections, University of Arkansas

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