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SITE NAME OR SITE NUMBER: Hatchel (41BW3)

VESSEL NO.: 6-3-200; Burial 3 in Zone H in the platform mound

VESSEL FORM: Compound bowl

NON-PLASTICS AND PASTE: grog

RIM AND LIP FORM: Everted rim and rounded lip

CORE COLOR: A (fired and cooled in an oxidizing environment)

INTERIOR SURFACE COLOR: red

EXTERIOR SURFACE COLOR: red; fire clouds on the base

WALL THICKNESS (IN MM): rim, 5.1 mm

INTERIOR SURFACE TREATMENT: smoothed

EXTERIOR SURFACE TREATMENT: burnished

HEIGHT (IN CM): 15.8

ORIFICE DIAMETER (IN CM): 20.4

DIAMETER AT BOTTOM OF RIM OR NECK (IN CM): 20.2

BASE DIAMETER (IN CM) AND SHAPE OF BASE: 8.0 cm; circular and flat

ESTIMATED VOLUME (IN LITERS): 2.6

DECORATION (INCLUDING MOTIF AND ELEMENTS WHEN APPARENT): The vessel has a red slip on both interior and exterior vessel surfaces. On the upper panel on the exterior surface, the vessel is decorated with three widely-spaced horizontal engraved lines. On the lower panel are four repeated sets of three concentric engraved concentric semi-circles; the central concentric engraved line has dashed or spurred lines. The concentric semi-circle elements are divided by engraved brackets filled with diagonal lines, diagonal lines within triangular elements, and sets of concentric curvilinear engraved lines.

PIGMENT USE AND LOCATION ON VESSEL: white pigment in the engraved designs

TYPE AND VARIETY (IF KNOWN): Avery Engraved, var. Bradshaw (see Schambach and Miller 1984:119)

Avery Engraved, var. Bradshaw compound bowl (6-3-200) from Burial 3 in Zone H of the platform mound at the Hatchel site. Photograph courtesy of TARL.

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Keywords

American Southeast, Caddo, Ceramic, Pottery, Archaeology, Anthropology

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