Image: Harrington-pottery-vessel-bussell-tn2
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Description: "Unusual" pottery vessel uncovered by archaeologist M.R. Harrington during his excavations on Bussell Island, at the mouth of the Little Tennessee River in Loudon County, Tennessee, USA. This pot belonged to the "Round Grave" culture, which corresponds roughly to the Late Archaic (c. 3000-1000 B.C.) and Woodland (c. 1000 B.C. - 1000 A.D.) periods. The pot's diameter is 6.2 inches (157.48mm).
Title: Harrington-pottery-vessel-bussell-tn2
Credit: M.R. Harrington, Cherokee and Earlier Remains on Upper Tennessee River (New York: Museum of the American Indian, Heye Foundation, 1922). Plate LVI.
Author: M.R. Harrington
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