Adorno

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  1. 1
    A clay ornament attached to a piece of pottery, usually at the rim.

    "Willey (1949:324) suggested that this mound probably dates to late Weeden Island times, though the bird head rim adorno (Luer 1992a:54, Figure Id; Moore 1903:Figure 63) might indicate a Safety Harbor component."

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"My argument is indebted in a number of places to the aesthetic theories of Adorno, Horkheimer and others."

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