On four sherds (Fig. 14, L) are small, excised, diamond-shaped elements
enclosed by concentric diamond-shaped lines, and two sherds (Fig. 14, K,
M) are decorated with swastikas enclosed by circles. Both of these
designs are known only on the type Ripley Engraved; therefore there is
no hesitation in identifying these six sherds as Ripley. Two other
sherds with portions of Ripley-like designs were assigned to the same
type.
One sherd (Fig. 14, O) from a small carinated bowl is decorated with a
curvilinear interlocking scroll design characteristic of the type Taylor
Engraved (Suhm _et al._, 1954: 360-362 and Pl. 65). Another sherd (Fig.
14, N) from an engraved bottle appears also to be of the Taylor type, as
does an engraved rimsherd (Fig. 14, P) from a jar.
Four sherds came from the lower neck region of a bottle. A single,
fairly heavy, engraved line filled with red pigment encircled the base
of the neck, and the neck contracted sharply toward the top in typically
Gibson Aspect style. The paste is fine grained in texture and almost
black in color. The exterior is well smoothed and polished, but the
interior is very poorly smoothed, as is usual for Caddoan Area bottles.
The wall of the neck is 6 mm. thick. This bottle is almost certainly a
Gibson Aspect form, possibly type Hickory Fine Engraved of the Alto
Focus (Newell and Krieger, 1949: 90-91 and Fig. 33; Suhm _et al._, 1954:
294 and Pl. 31). It was associated with the floor of House No. 3 at
Mound B.
The other 92 engraved sherds could not be identified with any specific
types. However, they all are from carinated bowls and bottles
characteristic of the Fulton Aspect, the forcefully engraved lines of
many suggesting Titus Focus in particular. An interesting note is the
occasional widening of an engraved line by a series of closely spaced,
gouged out lines, creating small zones which are not quite completely
excised (Fig. 14, K). The identical technique was noted by E. Mott Davis
(1958: 61) at the Whelan Site, located on Cypress Creek about 15 miles
below the Harroun Site. This treatment is similar in a general way to
that of the type Poynor Engraved of the Frankston Focus, but the design
elements on which it occurs, both at Harroun and Whelan, are
characteristic of Titus Focus (types Ripley, Taylor, and Wilder
Engraved) and not of Frankston Focus.
In general, the engraved pottery at the Harroun Site indicates Titus
Focus affiliation, the only exception being the one Gibson Aspect bottle
fragment. Ripley Engraved is the most common type, but type Taylor
Engraved and probably type Wilder Engraved are also present.
_Plain Pottery_
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