GREGORY PERINO Idabel, Oklahoma
Volume 35, Number 4, OCTOBER 1988 Central States Archaeological Journal
Little material evidence has been found to indicate that the Hopewell painted some of their pottery. In 1955, we excavated part of the Snyders Site on the Friedl Heirs property. Many collectors had worked the site. Portions were also excavated by the University of Michigan crews. We began a total excavation of a large portion of the site. Huge amounts of animal bones and potsherds were recovered. Various types of artifacts were found, including storage pots buried in a house pattern. Painted potsherds were very sparsely found and most are shown on the preceding page. They seem to belong primarily in the Hopewell ware category.
Top left — body sherd showing the tail portion of a stylized bird figure painted red.
Top right — a bowl rim having alternating diagonal zones painted red.
2nd row left — bowl rim having the bill portion of a stylized rosette spoonbill figure painted dark red.
2nd row right — bowl rim sherd having a brown-painted zoned circle (negative painted?).
3rd row left — one of two negative-painted Brangenburg bowl rims. The other had some zones with triangles straddling the rim. Some of the broader triangles had large negative dots in the broad lines.
4th row left — brown, polished Brangenburg rim.
4th row right — section of a low, shallow bowl zoned and painted from rim to bottom. Red and white painted areas are shown.