Jar

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Date created: AD 1000-1500 (Early to Late Mississippian period)

Culture/People: possibly South Appalachian Mississippian: Pensacola (archaeological culture) (attributed)
Seller: Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia (Academy of Natural Sciences of Drexel University)
Excavator: Clarence Bloomfield Moore (C.B. Moore), Non-Indian, 1852-1936
Previous owner: Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia (Academy of Natural Sciences of Drexel University)

Collection History: Excavated by archaeologist Clarence B. Moore (1852-1936) in 1901; donated to the Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia by C.B. Moore soon afterward; purchased by MAI from the Academy of Natural Sciences with other C.B. Moore collection materials in 1929.
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Place: Point Washington Mound, Choctawhatchee Bay; Point Washington; Walton County; Florida; USA

See related items: South Appalachian Mississippian: Pensacola (archaeological culture); Containers and Vessels

Data Source: National Museum of the American Indian

Catalog Number: 17/4517
Barcode: 174517.000

Object Type: Containers and Vessels

Object Name: Jar
Media/Materials: Pottery
Techniques: Coiled/hand built, incised, killed
Dimensions: 8 x 16 cm

Metadata Usage: CC0

GUID: http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/ws6af12f0c4-212c-4d07-8a77-b80b31c6bd1a

Record ID: NMAI_186450