CONEHEAD EFFIGIES: A DISTINCTIVE ART FORM OF THE MISSISSIPPI VALLEY George E. Lankford 1 and David H. Dye 2 1 Professor Emeritus of Folklore, Lyon College 2 Professor of Archaeology, University of Memphis This document presents the known corpus of Conehead effigy specimens and is supplemental material to the Lankford and Dye (2014) article appearing in The Arkansas Archeologist, Volume 53, pages 37-50. This list is intended to be updated periodically as new Conehead information becomes available. This list was last updated September 2014. Catolog and Photo Numbers refer to the University of Memphis Slide Collection. Site Number Site Name U/M Cat. No. U/M Photo No. Vessel Form References Notes 03AR04 Menard-Hodges bowl Moore 1908 Fig. 22 03AR04 Menard-Hodges 3.32.101.12 328.14 bowl Hathcock 1983:Fig. 98 03AR14 Jones Place 33.15 36.15 bowl 03AR14 Jones Place 36.17.1409 bowl Phillips et al. 1951:Fig. 113j 03CS27 Rose Mound hooded bottle Moore 1910:Fig. 27 03CS27 Rose Mound 36.17.1395 hooded bottle Phillips et al. 1951:Fig. 107k 03CS28 Togo 32.5 32.9 hooded bottle 03CS28 Togo 80.20.10/21614 hooded bottle House 2003:Plate 20 03CT Bradley Farmstead adorno rim Perino 1966:Fig. 88 03CT Unknown hooded bottle Hathcock 1983:Fig. 226 03CT Unknown 103 2012-7371 bowl 03CT06 Mound City 316.29 bowl 03CT07 Bradley 7.93 279.12 hooded bottle 03CT07 Bradley bowl Hathcock 1988:Fig. 447 03CT07 Bradley hooded bottle Hathcock 1988:Fig. 440 03CT07 Bradley hooded bottle Hathcock 1988:Fig. 441 03CT07 Bradley 36.17.4156 hooded bottle Moore 1911 Fig. 46; Phillips et al. 1951:Fig. 107j 03CT07 Bradley 3.32.74.36 327.14 bowl Hathcock 1988:Fig. 448 The Arkansas Archeologist (2014) 53: 37-50 1
03CT07 Bradley 7.296 343.23 bowl 03CT07 Bradley 7.301 283.23 bowl 03CT08 Beck 3.30.2.483 325.35 hooded bottle 03CT08 Beck 3.30.2.44 323.30 bowl 03CT08/30 Beck/Belle Meade 3.30.2.495 326.23 hooded bottle 03CT08/30 Beck/Belle Meade 3.30.2.309 327.19 bowl 03CT08/30 Beck/Belle Meade 3.30.2.495 326.22 human effigy 03CT30 Belle Meade hooded bottle Hathcock 1988:Fig. 444 03CT30 Belle Meade 31.198 232.19 hooded bottle 03CT30 Belle Meade 31.159 230.19 bowl 03CT30 Belle Meade 31.162 230.23 bowl 03CT30 Belle Meade 49.83 90.30 bowl 03CT30 Belle Meade 31.26 234.15 adorno rim 03CT40 Neeley 7 bowl Roberts 1979:147 03JE50 Greer bowl Moore 1908:Fig. 77 03LE Unknown 95.11 2013.1323 bowl Hathcock 1983:Fig. 100 03LE Unknown hooded bottle Hathcock 1983:Fig. 225 03LE Unknown 101 6721 hooded bottle 03LE Unknown hooded bottle CSAJ 55(4):174 03LE05 Soudan hooded bottle Hathcock 1983:Fig. 223 03LE05 Soudan 112.49 20 hooded bottle Hathcock 1988:Fig. 439 03LE11 Clay Hill bowl Hathcock 1983:Fig. 96 03LE11 Clay Hill bowl Hathcock 1983:Figl 97 03LE15 Grant hooded bottle Hathcock 1983:Fig. 224 03LE15 Grant hooded bottle Hathcock 1983:Fig. 227 03LE15 Grant bowl Hathcock 1983:Fig. 99 03LW Unknown 102 7659 bowl 03MS Nodena hooded bottle Hathcock 1988:Fig. 436 03MS Unknown bowl Perino 1971:Fig. 109c 03MS02 Walnut Mound 1931.5.005 P01 hooded bottle Phillips et al. 1951:Fig. 107h 03MS03 Middle Nodena 20.58 389.29 hooded bottle 03MS04 Upper Nodena 3.32.5.192A 329.19 hooded bottle 03MS04 Upper Nodena 20.405 350.2 hooded bottle The Arkansas Archeologist (2014) 53: 37-50 2
03MS04 Upper Nodena 20.744 339.26 hooded bottle 03MS04 Upper Nodena 20.748 339.25 hooded bottle 03MS04 Upper Nodena 3.32.5.192 329.19 hooded bottle 03MS04 Upper Nodena 5.729 517.15 hooded bottle 03MS04 Upper Nodena 20.303 415.21 hooded bottle 03MS04 Upper Nodena 20.405 350.2 hooded bottle 03MS06 Friend Mound 5.793 515.29 hooded bottle 03MS06 Friend Mound 20.748 339.25 hooded bottle 03MS08 Bell 6.5425.1461 bowl Phillips et al. 1951: Fig. 102o 03MS16 Sherman 7.308 283.16 bowl 03MS18 Crosskno hooded bottle Hathcock 1988:Fig. 442 03MS78 Pecan Point Heye #17/1410 hooded bottle NMAI 03MS78 Pecan Point 36.6.7217 hooded bottle NMAI 03PH Unknown bowl Hathcock 1988:Fig. 447a 03PH01 Dupree 33.56 20.4 bowl 03PH20 Old Town 63.55 Brown 2012:71 03PO Unknown hooded bottle Hathcock 1988:Fig. 438 03PO26 Stott 7.237 257.31 hooded bottle fake? 03SF Unknown 7 bowl Hathcock 1988:Fig. 464 03SF Unknown Heye #11/8303 bowl NMAI 03SF Unknown 112.52 23 hooded bottle 03SF George C. Brown 6.5425.364 bowl Phillips et al. 1951: Fig. 101o 03SF Nickel #2 hooded bottle Hathcock 1988:Fig. 435 03SF09 Big Eddy 3296 bowl 03SF25 Manly bowl Hathcock 1988:Fig. 465 03WH01 3.870499 adorno rim Akridge and Akridge 2000:Fig. 8g 03YE347 Carden's Bottom Heye #12/6525 NMAI 03YE347 Carden's Bottom Heye #12/6556 NMAI 03YE347 Carden's Bottom 3.27.11.100 328.15 bowl Clancy 1985:Fig. 11, 90, 95; Mainfort 2008 Fig. 176 03YE347 Carden's Bottom 3.47.16.1 328.18 bowl Clancy 1985:Fig. 85; Hathcock 1983:Fig. 95, 183, 184 12PO04 Bone Bank 36.5.6225 bowl Willey 1966:Fig. 5-50e 22CO601 Humber 62.6 266.14 bowl Brown 1978:Fig. 40 22CO601 Humber bowl Hathcock 1983:Fig. 94 The Arkansas Archeologist (2014) 53: 37-50 3
22DS500 Walls adorno rim Brown 1926:311 22DS Walls area 4.3299 3.28 bowl 22DS Walls area 4.3304 94.36 bowl 22DS Walls area 4.3305 94.2 bowl 22DS Walls area 4.3306 144.11 bowl 22DS Walls area 4.3346 3.15 hooded bottle 23BU Power Phase bowl Chapman 1980:Fig. 6-26C 90.4 827 hooded bottle 90.8 1164 hooded bottle 90.32 hooded bottle 90.97 1158 hooded bottle AR91.135 AR91.849 AR91.891 no # no # AR91.829? 90.4 1059 hooded bottle AR91.25 hooded bottle AR91.32 hooded bottle AR91.8 90.8 hooded bottle AR91.100 hooded bottle AR91.67 AR91.55 AR91.62 AR91.829? AR91.835 AR91.4 hooded bottle 31 Spanish Grant hooded bottle Hathcock 1988:489 31 Spanish Grant bowl Chapman 1980:Fig. 6-17H 02 Pinhook Ridge bowl Hathcock 1988:445 544 hooded bottle Chapman 1980:Fig. 6-21D The Arkansas Archeologist (2014) 53: 37-50 4
23NM38 Lilbourn bowl Chapman 1980:Fig. 5-60F 23PM05 Campbell 108.1975.222 2013.83 hooded bottle 23PM43 Murphy 89 7806 hooded bottle 23ST Hunze-Evans hooded bottle Hathcock 1988:443 23ST26 Sandy Woods 125.22698 hooded bottle 23ST26 Sandy Woods 125.22729 hooded bottle 23ST26 Sandy Woods 125.2836 60 hooded bottle 23ST26 Sandy Woods 125.2841 64 hooded bottle 23ST26 Sandy Woods 125.2264 hooded bottle 23ST26 Sandy Woods 125.22669 hooded bottle 23ST26 Sandy Woods 125.22673 hooded bottle 23ST26 Sandy Woods 125.22679 hooded bottle 40SY01 Chucalissa 1.3.135 315.26 bowl Cape Beckwith SEMO Unknown bowl Hathcock 1988:446 Unknown 70.46 336.7 hooded bottle Unknown 7.509 258.5 hooded bottle fake Unknown 1 543.12 bowl Unknown 3.59.90.14 328.22 bowl Unknown 3.59.46.80 328.20 bowl Unknown 3.59.89.13 328.16 bowl Unknown 3 327.18 bowl Unknown 7.509 258.5 Unknown 70.46 336.7 same as 3MS4.19? Unknown 99 7195 Unknown Reelfoot area Heye #23/965 NMAI The Arkansas Archeologist (2014) 53: 37-50 5
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