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Head pots are some of the most interesting vessels created by Mississippian
peoples. There has been much debate over what and whom the portraits represent.
There are some who believe they are death portraits of warrior chiefs.
Others think these pots represent a severed trophy head. The current thinking
is that the vessels represent idealized images of individuals involved in
some sort of ritual personification of mythical beings. Most have eyes
that are “blind” and a mouth that appears to be drawn open
as in death, with the lips pulled back and the teeth showing. Some have
elaborate tattoos. The vessel pictured is considered to be of the “Pecan Point” style.
This style most closely resembles a real human head in form rather than
having a vessel shape. The pot pictured was found at the Big Eddy Site
in St. Francis County, Arkansas (3SF9) by Don “Possum” Hicks of Tull, Arkansas in the Spring of
1981.
collection of David Bogle and currently on display at the Museum of Native American Artifacts in Bentonville, Arkansas
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| Message from Your Editor |
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| Introduction to the 50th Arkansas Anniversary Issue |
Jim Cherry |
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| The Founding of the Arkansas Society |
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| The Prehistoric Peoples of Arkansas |
Steven R.Cooper |
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| Some Observations on Caddoan Archaeology in Arkansas |
Rick Steed |
178 |
| The Novaculite Gary Projectile Point from Hot Springs |
Col. John F. Berner |
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| Chunky Player Shell Gorgets |
Kent C. Westbrook |
188 |
| The Stone Corn Goddess Pipe from Desha County |
Jim Cherry |
200 |
| Museum of Native American Artifacts |
Steven R.Cooper |
204 |
| Entwined Serpents |
Jim Cherry |
214 |
| A Pig Vessel from the Magness Site |
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215 |
| A Very Remarkable Cache of Mississippian Spades |
Jim Cherry |
218 |
| A Walls Engraved Bottle |
Ron Harris |
219 |
| The Best of the Best |
Kent C. Westbrook |
220 |
| The Foster Style Earspool |
Steven R.Cooper |
222 |
| Patched Pots |
Jim Cherry |
224 |
| The Spider Gorget from the Parkin Site |
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227 |
| Mineral Springs Knives |
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228 |
| A Most Unusal Arkansas Artifact |
Jim Cherry |
230 |
| An Explicit Human Effigy Vessel from the Twist Place |
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231 |
| A Disc Pipe from Mississippi County, Arkansas |
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232 |
| A Frog or Two |
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233 |
| The Robert Bell Locksburg Site Blade |
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234 |
| Two Quapaw Teapots |
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235 |
| Full Bodied Fulton Aspect Caddo Effigy Vessels |
Steven R. Cooper |
236 |
| The Yell County Stone Frog Pipe |
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242 |
| The Edward W. Payne Trophy Head Vessel |
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243 |
| The Thilbault Spud |
Kent C.Westbrook |
244 |
| A Human Effigy from the Magness Site |
Col. John F. Berner |
248 |
| The Way Things Used to Be |
Steven R. Cooper |
250 |
| The Pike
County Cache-A History Detective’s Saga |
Charlie Wagers |
256 |
| Buffalo Style Shell Mask Gorgets from Arkansas |
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260 |
| A Caddo Turtle Shell Gorget from Clark County,Arkansas |
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261 |
| A Snyders Obsidian Point |
Jim Cherry |
262 |
| An Amazingly Large Ouachita Blade |
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266 |
| Two Falcon Pipes from Crenshaw Mound |
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267 |
| A Great Cone |
Kent C.Westbrook |
269 |
| Ceremonial Figures on Pottery Bottles |
Jim Cherry |
270 |
| Book Reviews Selected Arkansas Titles |
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273 |
| Membership application, Officers and Societies |
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276 |
| Calendar of Events |
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