Research Laboratories of Archaeology


Phillips, Philip (1939). Introduction to the Archaeology of the Mississippi Valley.

High-Resolution Images:

  • Plate I. Cumberland: Thin Drab. "Standard jar form". D1-E4 showing modification by addition of effigy features. [PDF]
  • Plate II. [Top] Cumberland: Polished Drab. Jars and Bottles. A1-4 small jars with scalloped rim; B1-2, carafe type bottles; B3-4, "blank face" effigy bottles. [Bottom] Cumberland: Polished Drab. Bowls with plain rim. [PDF]
  • Plate III. Cumberland: Polished Drab. Bowls. A1-4, plain rim; B1-4, scalloped rim; C1-E4, "notched rim coil". [PDF]
  • Plate IV. Cumberland: Polished Drab. Bowls. A1, simple bowl with lugs; A2-B4, bowls with "pitcher spouts"; C1-4, marine shell effigies; E1-4, problematical forms. [PDF]
  • Plate V. Cumberland: Polished Drab. Bowls and effigy forms. A1-B2, "bird-rim bowls"; B3-4, Frog effigies; C1-E4, Fish effigies. [PDF]
  • Plate VI. Cumberland: Polished Drab. Human effigy factors. A1-2, bowls with four applied heads; A3-4, rim effigy bowls; B1-4, recumbant type; C1-4, "bulbous" type; D1-E4, solid figurines. [PDF]
  • Plate VII. [Top] Cumberland: Miscellaneous atypical specimens. A1, cord-marked jar; A2, jar with "nubbin" decoration; A3, small deep jar; A4, cup with vertically perforated lugs; B1, tripod bottle, "exuberant" type; B2-4, hollow figurine. [Bottom] Cumberland: Lost Color. D1-4, Black on Buff; E1-4, Black on White; E1-2, lobate bottles; E3-4, human effigy with pyramidal headdress. [PDF]
  • Plate VIII. Cumberland: Lost Color. Black on white. A1-4 Owl effigies; B1-2, animal effigies, "dog-pots"; B3-4, "Janus" bottle; C1-E4, human effigies. [PDF]
  • Plate IX. "Cumberland X": Plain & Polished Drab. Jar & bowl forms. A1-C4, plain drab; D1-E4, polished drab. [PDF]
  • Plate X. "Cumberland X": Polished Drab & Lost Color. A1-2, bowls with scalloped rims; A3-C4, bottles; D1-E2, effigies; E3-4, owl effigy in lost color. [PDF]
  • Plate XI. New Madrid: Thin Drab. "Standard jar form", showing various types of decoration. A1-4, plain; B1-4, plain, lobate; C1-4, incised; D1-4, punctate; E1-4, incised and punctate. [PDF]
  • Plate XII. New Madrid: Thin Drab. A1-B4, "gadrooned" shoulder; C1-2, four handles; C3-4, handles and lugs; D1-3, lugs, no handles; D4-E4, shoe-form vessels. [PDF]
  • Plate XIII. New Madrid: Polished Drab. Jar and low-necked bottle forms. A1-4, miscellaneous jars; B1-E4, series showing transition from jar to low-necked bottle. [PDF]
  • Plate XIV. Cairo Lowland: Polished Drab. Low-necked bottles. A1-B4, lobate and gadrooned ("melon-pots"); C1-3, handled forms; C4, horizontal grooving; D1, applied medallion heads; D2, snouted effigy; D3-4, fish effigy; E1-4, small pear-shaped bottles. [PDF]
  • Plate XV. New Madrid: Polished Drab. Tall-necked bottles ("carafes"), showing transition (typological) from angular inverted-funnel-neck type to normal (?) graceful type. [PDF]
  • Plate XVI. New Madrid: Polished Drab. Tall-necked bottles ("carafe") showing various mofifications. [PDF]
  • Plate XVII. New Madrid: Polished Drab. Tall-necked bottles ("carafe"). Modifications by addition of life factors, effigies, etc. [PDF]
  • Plate XVIII. [Top] Cairo Lowland: Polished Drab. Tall-neeked bottles, annular and tripod bases. [Bottom] New Madrid: Polished drab. Hemispherical bowls. [PDF]
  • Plate XIX. New-Madrid: Polished Drab. Typical flaring-sided bowls. A1-C4, plain rim; D1-E4, scalloped rim. [PDF]
  • Plate XX. Cairo Lowland: Polished Drab. Bowls. A1-B4, with lugs; C1-2, nodal decoration; C3-4, applied medallion heads; D1-E4, bird bowls, flat head type. [PDF]
  • Plate XXI. Cairo Lowland: Polished Drab. Rim effigy bowls (continued). A1-2, "duck" bowls; A3-4, animals; B1-C4, unidentifiable; D1-E4. human. [PDF]
  • Plate XXII. New Madrid: Polished Drab. Frog effigies. [PDF]
  • Plate XXIII. New Madrid: Polished Drab. A1-B1, beaver effigies; B2-4, "opossum" effigies; C1-E4, shell forms (univalve). [PDF]
  • Plate XXIV. New Madrid: Polished Drab. A1-2, shell effigy (univalve); A3-B4, shell effigies (bivalve); C1-E4, fish effigies. [PDF]
  • Plate XXV. New Madrid: Polished Drab. Fish effigies. [PDF]
  • Plate XXVI. Cairo Lowland: Polished Drab. A1-D2, gourd effigies; D3-E4, generalized gourd effigies. [PDF]
  • Plate XXVII. Cairo Lowland: Polished Drab. "Blank-face" effigies. [PDF]
  • Plate XXVIII. Cairo Lowland: Polished Drab. "Blank-face" effigies with headdress features. [PDF]
  • Plate XXVIX. Cairo Lowland: Polished Drab. Animal effigies. [PDF]
  • Plate XXX. Cairo Lowland: Polished Drab. Owl effigies. [PDF]
  • Plate XXXI. Cairo Lowland: Polished Drab. Human effigies. A1-C4, bodies undeveloped; D1-E4, fully developed bodies. [PDF]
  • Plate XXXII. Cairo Lowland: Polished Drab. Human effigies. [PDF]
  • Plate XXXIII. Cairo Lowland: Polished Drab. Human effigies. [PDF]
  • Plate XXXIV. New Madrid: Polished Drab. Human effigies. A1-C4, compound type; D1-E4, miscellaneous atypical forms. [PDF]
  • Plate XXXV. New Madrid: Polished Drab. A1-4, rectangular bowls; B1-4, compound vessels; C1-E4, "omnium gatherum". [PDF]
  • Plate XXXVI. Cairo Lowland: Red ware. [PDF]
  • Plate XXXVII. Cairo Lowland: Decorated wares: Lost Color. [PDF]
  • Plate XXXVIII. Cairo Lowland: Decorated wares. A1-C4, direct painting: A1-4, red on buff; B1-C3, red and white on buff; C4, red, white and black. D1-E4, combination direct painting and lost color: D1-2, red and black; D2-E4, red, white and black. [PDF]
  • Plate XXXIXS. Eastern Arkansas: Thin drab. A1-4, jars without handles or lugs; B1-4, with two lugs; C1-2, with four lugs; C3-D4, with four lugs below rim; E1-4, with two handles and two lugs. [PDF]
  • Plate XL. Eastern Arkansas: Thin drab. A1-4, jars with two handles; B1-4, with four handles; C1-4, handles reduced in size; D1-4, decorative or "false" handles; E1-4, skeuomorphs. [PDF]
  • Plate XLI. Eastern Arkansas: Thin drab. Various decorative styles. A1-4, incision; B1-4, punctation; C1-4, combined incision and punctation; D1-4, single line of nodes; E1-4, "nubbin" decoration. [PDF]
  • Plate XLII. Eastern Arkansas: Thin drab. A1-C4, jars with lunette collar; D1-E4, jars with buttressed collar. [PDF]
  • Plate XLIII. Eastern Arkansas: Thin drab. A1-4, medallion heads; B1-3, jars with "funnel-neck" tendencies; B4, double-bodied jar; C1-2, lobate jars; C3, rectangular orifice; C4, zoomorphic handles; D1-4, effigy forms. [PDF]
  • Plate XLIV. Eastern Arkansas: Polished drab. Bowls with undifferentiated rim. A1-B4, shallow bowls; C1-E4, bowls of medium depth. [PDF]
  • Plate XLV. Eastern Arkansas: Polished drab. Bowls with undifferentiated rim. A1-B4, bowls of medium depth and slight rim flare; C1-4, same with shallow scallops in rim; D1-E4, small, deep bowls. [PDF]
  • Plate XLVI. Eastern Arkansas: Polished drab. Bowls. A1-4, nicked lip; B1-C4, extruded indented lip; D1-4, indented rim coil; E1-4, indented rim coil below lip. [PDF]
  • Plate XLVII. Eastern Arkansas: Polished drab. Bowls. A1-4, indentations below rim; B1-4, rim coil, incised line on top; C1-4, flange lip; D1-4, broad flange; E1-4, crimped flange, St. Francis type. [PDF]
  • Plate XLVIII. Eastern Arkansas: Polished drab. Bowls. A1-B4, nodal decoration; C1-4, bowls with two lugs; D1-E4, bowls with four lugs. [PDF]
  • Plate XLVIX. Eastern Arkansas: Polished drab. Bowls. A1-C2, perforated lugs, Rose Mound type; C3-D4, elongated lugs, Mississippi type; E1-4, pseudo-pitcher-spout lugs. [PDF]
  • Plate L. Eastern Arkansas: Polished drab. Deep bowls with lugs. [PDF]
  • Plate LI. Eastern Arkansas: Polished drab. Deep bowls with fish attributes. [PDF]
  • Plate LII. Eastern Arkansas: Polished drab. Miscellaneous bowls. A1-3, recatngular bowls; A4, oval bowl; B1-2, half gourd (?) form; C1-D4, miscellaneous atypical forms. [PDF]
  • Plate LIII. Eastern Arkansas: Polished drab. Effigy rim bowls. A1-C2, human; C3, "man bowl"; C4-E4, animal. [PDF]
  • Plate LIV. Eastern Arkansas: Polished drab. Rim effigy bowls. A1-B2, animal; B3-E4, bird, flat-headed type. [PDF]
  • Plate LV. Eastern Arkansas: Polished drab. Rim effigy bowls. Birds. [PDF]
  • Plate LVI. Eastern Arkansas: Polished Drab. Rim effigy bowls. "Serpent". [PDF]
  • Plate LVII. Eastern Arkansas: Polished drab. Rim effigy bowls. "Serpent". [PDF]
  • Plate LVIII. Eastern Arkansas: Polished drab. Rim effigy bowls. Miscellaneous forms. [PDF]
  • Plate LIX. Eastern Arkansas: Polished drab. Plain bottles. A1-C4, globular or sub-globular with short necks; D1-E4, same, medium necks. [PDF]
  • Plate LX. Eastern Arkansas: Polished drab. Plain bottles. A1-C4, globular or sub-globular with medium necks; D1-E4, same, high necks. [PDF]
  • Plate LXI. Eastern Arkansas: Polished drab. A1-B4, flattened, low necks; C1-D4, same, medium necks; E1-4, same, high necks. [PDF]
  • Plate LXII. Eastern Arkansas: Polished drab. Carinated bottles. [PDF]
  • Plate LXIII. Eastern Arkansas: Polished drab. Bottles with annular bases. [PDF]
  • Plate LXIV. Eastern Arkansas: Polished drab. Bottles with annular bases. A1-B4, with flaring necks; C1-4, with shoulder fillets; D1-E4, perforated bases. [PDF]
  • Plate LXV. Eastern Arkansas: Polished drab. Bottles with "pancake" bases. [PDF]
  • Plate LXVI. Eastern Arkansas: Polished drab. Footed bottles. A1-C3, hollow tripod; C4-D2, solid tripod; D3-E1, slab tripod; E2-4, tetrapod. [PDF]
  • Plate LXVII. Eastern Arkansas: Polished drab. Miscellaneous bottles showing typical forms of decoration. A1-C2, nodes on shoulder; C3-4, lobate forms; D1-4, "dimples"; E1-4, gadrooned bottles. [PDF]
  • Plate LXVIII. Eastern Arkansas: Polished drab. Bottles decorated with medallion heads and/or hands. A1-D3, heads; D4, heads and hands; E1-4, hands. [PDF]
  • Plate LXIX. Eastern Arkansas: Polished drab. Bottles with decorated collar. A1-D4, punctation; E1-4, cord-marked effect. [PDF]
  • Plate LXX. Eastern Arkansas: Polished drab. A1-B4, bottles with fillet at junction of neck and shoulder; C1-E4, with "ogee" collar. [PDF]
  • Plate LXXI. Eastern Arkansas: Polished drab. Miscellaneous bottles. [PDF]
  • Plate LXXII. Eastern Arkansas: Polished drab. Frog effigies. [PDF]
  • Plate LXXIII. Eastern Arkansas: Polished drab. A1-B4, conventionalized frog effigies; C1-E4, snouted ("opossum") forms. [PDF]
  • Plate LXXIV. Eastern Arkansas: Polished drab. Fish effigies. Shallow to medium depth bowls. A1-C4, naturalistic forms; D1-3, showing possible line of evolution; D4-E2, far gone in conventionalization; E3-4, atypical forms. [PDF]
  • Plate LXXV. Eastern Arkansas: Polished drab. Fish effigies. Deep bowls, St. Francis type. A1-D3, common forms; D4, double-headed; E1-4, "two-way" fish. [PDF]
  • Plate LXXVI. Eastern Arkansas: Polished drab. Fish effigies. Jars and bottles. A1-4, "seed-jar"-like form; B1-E2, low collared jars; E3-4, bottles, vertical type. [PDF]
  • Plate LXXVII. Eastern Arkansas: Polished drab. Fish effigies. Bottles. [PDF]
  • Plate LXXVIII. Eastern Arkansas: Polished drab. Miscellaneous effigies. A1-B2, swan; B3-4, unidentified animal; C1, bird; C2, animal with spout tail; C3-4, gourd; D1-E4, shell. [PDF]
  • Plate LXXIX. Eastern Arkansas: Polished drab. Miscellaneous effigies. A1-3, animal; A4, owl; B1-4, "blank-face"; C1-D4, blank face withpeaked headdress; E1-4, human effigies showing same treatment of head. [PDF]
  • Plate LXXX. Eastern Arkansas: Polished drab. Human effigies. [PDF]
  • Plate LXXXI. Eastern Arkansas: Polished drab. A1-D4, human effigies; E1-4, foot effigies. [PDF]
  • Plate LXXXII. Eastern Arkansas: Polished drab. Eccentric forms. A1-B4, teapots, A1-3 showing possible evolution from animal effigy; C1-3, double-spouted vessels; C4-E1, "stirrup-handle"; E2-4, "horned" bottles. [PDF]
  • Plate LXXXIII. Eastern Arkansas: Polished drab. Eccentric forms continued. A1-4, "horned" bottles; B1-D2, compound vessels; D3, triple vessel; D4-E4, miscellaneous atypical forms. [PDF]
  • Plate LXXXIV. Eastern Arkansas: Polished drab incised. A1-C4, interlocking swastika spirals; D1-E1, "feathered spiral"; E2, bird; E3, hand; E4, feathered serpent. [PDF]
  • Plate LXXXV. Eastern Arkansas: Red ware. Jars and bowls. [PDF]
  • Plate LXXXVI. Eastern Arkansas: Red ware. Bottles. [PDF]
  • Plate LXXXVII. Eastern Arkansas: Red ware. Bottles [PDF]
  • Plate LXXXVIII. Eastern Arkansas: Red ware. A1-4, bottles; B1-D1, effigies; D2-4, eccentric forms. [PDF]
  • Plate LXXXIX. Eastern Arkansas: Painted wares. Red-on-buff and Red-and-white. Spiral meander motives. [PDF]
  • Plate XC. Eastern Arkansas: Painted wares. Red-on-buff and Red-and-white. A1-C3, spiral meander; C4-E4, miscellaneous motives. [PDF]
  • Plate XCI. Eastern Arkansas: Painted wares. Red-on-buff and red-and-white. Alternate red and white panel design. [PDF]
  • Plate XCII. Eastern Arkansas: Painted wares. A1-D4, red-on-buff and red-and-white; E1-2, polychrome (red, white and black); E3-4, lost color. [PDF]
  • Plate XCIII. Eastern Arkansas: Red-on-buff. Head vessels. [PDF]