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Effigy vessel is a term used in the archeology of (mainly) Pre-Columbian America for ceramic or stone containers, pots, vases, cups, etc., in the shape of an animal or human. In the past, criminals sentenced to death in absentia might be officially executed "in effigy" as a symbolic act.
Lucifer effigy pipe from the Spiro Site. Archaeologists believe several pipes found at the site may be heirlooms that made their way from Cahokia to Spiro in the late 13th century as the cultural center collapsed. [9] Several large flint clay pipes were found in the "Craig Mound" or "Great Mortuary" mound at Spiro in the 1930s.
Slab-footed tripod vessels are a signature of the ceramicists of Teotihuacan. These dishes consist of a large pot supported by three legs. The size of these vessels ranges from personal drinking cups to large basins. The range of styles is just as great. The walls can be any combination of concave, straight, unornamented or highly decorative.
Woodland vessels tend to have thicker walls, flat or conical bases and a large amount of either coarse sand or grog used as temper. Mississippian vessels generally have thinner vessel walls, obvious white flecks of shell temper, and round-bottomed pottery forms.
Three sections of the site were excavated: an area of cache and refuse pits, an area once containing a structure, and a cemetery with 48 burial sites. Artifacts found include pottery vessel fragments, a clay human effigy vessel, and stone tools and tool-making debitage. Also found were tools fashioned out of bone and shell beads. [4]
There’s a shipwreck off the coast of Sicily that is so old, that researchers aren’t even sure what materials were used to make the vessel. Archaeologists discovered the ship buried under 20 ...
The Offering included two large stone discs similar to that uncovered in Offering 2. Upon each disc was placed a four-legged ceramic vessel and underneath each disc were three stone balls measuring between 18 and 20 centimetres (7.1 and 7.9 in) and placed in a triangle. Also underneath each stone disc was a large tubular jade bead.
The excavators began to become overwhelmed by the large quantity of ceramics and removed many of the vessels without recording any information. [23] Mason (n.d.: 64) noted that the field team got "gold fever" and "were anxious to get [the] vessels removed from above [the] gold objects, so began removing vessels before making list". [28] Lower level