Bell Plain pottery type -- Bell Plain is prevalent at sites along the Mississippi River in Arkansas. It has finely crushed shell temper, a well-polished to highly polished surface, and varies in color from shades of gray to buff to orange (pp 10-12, Hathcock, Roy).
Curatorial Remarks:
Bell Plain (Phillips 1970:58-61) bottle with direct rim and flattened lip behind an appliqued anthropomorphic face with head-dress. Upper body with the shape of a human female body with appliqued arms over the legs and nodes in the back. Lower body with sub-globular jar and two looped handles. Flat circular base. 10YR 5/2 Grayish Brown.
Phillips, Philip. Archaeological Survey in the lower Yazoo Basin, Mississippi, 1949-1955. Vol. 60. Papers of the Peabody Museum of Archaeology and Ethnology. Cambridge, MA: Peabody Museum of Archaeology and Ethnology, 1970.
