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Pammel Creek Phase, Perrot Punctate, v. bold

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Type: Perrot Punctate, variety Bold Lip

Shoulder Description: Single lines of punctations that form borders along panels of either nested vhevrons or horizontal or oblique tool trails set between zones of vertical tool trails (Boszhardt 1994: 228).

Lip Decoration: Relatively bold impressions, frequently applied with fingers to the lip top or less frequently to the lip exterior. These often make a crenelated or pie crust effect or alternating sections of flattened and plain type (231).

Culture: Oneota, La Crosse Locality

Period: Late Prehistoric Period, Pammel Creek Phase, A.D. 1400-1500.

Site: Pammel Creek, 47LC61

Provenience: Feature 143

Artifact ID: 89.866.01

Curated at: Mississippi Valley Archaeology Center, University of Wisconsin-La Crosse, La Crosse, Wisconsin.

Citation: Boszhardt, Robert F.
1994 Oneota Group Continuity at La Crosse: The Brice Prairie, Pammel Creek, and Valley View Phases. The Wisconsin Archaeologist 75(3-4): 173-236.

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