These artifacts are from the Mann site (12Po2) in Posey County. The site is one of the largest and most important… Posted by Indiana Division of Historic Preservation & Archaeology on Saturday, May 25, 2019

Close to 400 figurine parts were recovered at Southern Indiana’s Mann Archaeological Site, a prominent Hopewellian center during the Middle Woodland Period.

Separately-made body parts were to assembled to make human-like figurines. Each part- the head, torso, limb, and, occasionally, hair- were mended together by adding a slit for string or smoothed over using additional clay.

Archaeologists believe that variation in shape and articulation is most likely attributed to labor distribution between different groups of artists.

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