This handle sherd was recovered from the Sharps Creek archeological site during the 1993 Kansas Archeological Training Program field school. This wide strap handle has four deeply incised lines as decoration. It was molded to the top of the vessel rim, but riveted to the vessel at its base. The Sharps Creek site was a Great Bend aspect (ancestral Wichita) village in McPherson County that was occupied during the Late Ceramic period.
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Decorated Vessel Handle from the Sharps Creek Site, 14MP408 - 3