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SITE NAME OR SITE NUMBER: George T. Wright Collection, Red River County, Texas

VESSEL NO.: GTW-519 [TX 144/1], B. R. R.

VESSEL FORM: Beaker with opposed suspension holes (2.2 mm in diameter)

NON-PLASTICS AND PASTE: shell

RIM AND LIP FORM: Direct rim and rounded lip

CORE COLOR: B (fired and cooled in a reducing environment)

INTERIOR SURFACE COLOR: dark grayish-brown

EXTERIOR SURFACE COLOR: dark grayish-brown

WALL THICKNESS (IN MM): rim, 5.2 mm

INTERIOR SURFACE TREATMENT: smoothed

EXTERIOR SURFACE TREATMENT: burnished

HEIGHT (IN CM): 9.3

ORIFICE DIAMETER (IN CM): 5.3

DIAMETER AT BOTTOM OF RIM OR NECK (IN CM): N/A

BASE DIAMETER (IN CM) AND SHAPE OF BASE: 7.1 cm, circular and rounded

ESTIMATED VOLUME (IN LITERS): 0.4

DECORATION (INCLUDING MOTIF AND ELEMENTS WHEN APPARENT): The beaker is divided into upper and lower panels by a single horizontal engraved line. The upper panel has four sets of triangles marked by diagonal engraved lines and hatched diagonal lines, with triangle and hatched semi-circular elements nested within; this decorative motif is similar to the Inscribed 3b (Avery Engraved) defined by Dowd (2011:65 and Figure 5.35).

The lower panel has three sets of three vertical engraved lines. The areas between the vertical engraved lines are filled with sets of curvilinear engraved lines, a hatched curvilinear zone, a hatched semi-circle element pendant from a vertical engraved line, and an excised pendant triangle element.

PIGMENT USE AND LOCATION ON VESSEL: none

TYPE AND VARIETY (IF KNOWN): Avery Engraved

Avery Engraved beaker, GTW-519.

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Keywords

American Southwest, Caddo, Ceramic, Pottery, Archaeology, Anthropology

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