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Caddo
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Vessel
Bowl
Coiling
Mound Cities
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Illustration of coiling technique
Illustration of coiling technique

Like most pottery from the Mississippi River Valley these pots contain ground shell mixed into the clay. The addition of shell made possible the production of larger and more durable pottery because it reduced shrinking which might cause a pot to crack during the firing process.

It is interesting to note that wooden bowls very similar to this ceramic bowl were carved several centuries later by the Pawnee people, descendents of the Caddoans who moved onto the plains. The influence of the Mississippi Mound Building cultures extended into many regions of North America.

Bowl & Vessel Native Amercan History and Culture

 

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