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Description
This bowl is an example of a style of pottery known as Bell Plain (var. Nickel). Bell Plain ceramics are made with clay that is tempered with very fine shell fragments and tends to be a dark grey in color. Each vessel is formed by the coiling process: thin rolls of clay are used to build up the shape of the vessel around a flat base. This style of pottery was in use throughout the Mississippian period but was especially prevalent in the Middle and Late Mississippian periods.
Date
1200- 1540
Recommended Citation
Museum, Chucalissa, "Bell Plain Bowl" (2022). Artifacts. 80.
https://digitalcommons.memphis.edu/chnash-museum-chucalissa-gallery2/80
Keywords
Pottery; Bowl, Bell Plain Bowl; Mississippian; Exhibit Photograph
