These four sherds from the Minneapolis site in Ottawa County were excavated in 1934 by the University of Nebraska and donated to the Kansas Historical Society in 1987. They were excavated from House 8 and later refit into one rim, handle and body portion of a wide-mouthed jar. The Majors Diagonal Incised type pottery is decorated with four sets of opposed diagonals and is shell tempered. The Minneapolis site was a Smoky Hill phase site occupied during the Middle Ceramic Period.
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Decorated Ceramic Pot Sherds from the Minneapolis Site, 14OT5 - 3