Title

Red River County, Texas, GTW-507 [TX 140/1]

Creator

Timothy K. Perttula, Heritage Research Center, Stephen F. Austin State UniversityFollow
Robert Z. Selden Jr., Heritage Research Center, Stephen F. Austin State UniversityFollow

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Creation Date

2020

Description

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

VESSEL NO.: GTW-507 [TX 140/1], S. R. R.

VESSEL FORM: Rattle bowl section

NON-PLASTICS AND PASTE: shell

RIM AND LIP FORM: Inverted rim and rounded lip

CORE COLOR: F (fired in a reducing environment and cooled in the open air)

INTERIOR SURFACE COLOR: reddish-brown

EXTERIOR SURFACE COLOR: reddish-brown

WALL THICKNESS (IN MM): rim, 3.4 mm; base, 5.0 mm

INTERIOR SURFACE TREATMENT: smoothed

EXTERIOR SURFACE TREATMENT: burnished

HEIGHT (IN CM): 5.5

ORIFICE DIAMETER (IN CM): 8.0

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

BASE DIAMETER (IN CM) AND SHAPE OF BASE: N/A

ESTIMATED VOLUME (IN LITERS): 0.2

DECORATION (INCLUDING MOTIF AND ELEMENTS WHEN APPARENT): The vessel section has parts of two appliqued rattle covered with small appliqued nodes at the center of a series of three concentric engraved circles. The appliqued rattle is 4.0 cm in diameter and 3.3 cm in length. Between the rattle nodes are bracket-shaped engraved elements filled with circles and ovals as primary motifs as well as vertical, diagonal, and horizontal hatching as secondary motifs.

PIGMENT USE AND LOCATION ON VESSEL: none

TYPE AND VARIETY (IF KNOWN): cf. Avery Engraved

Avery Engraved rattle bowl section, GTW-507.

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Recommended Citation

Perttula, Timothy K. and Selden, Robert Z. Jr., "Red River County, Texas, GTW-507 [TX 140/1]" (2020). Index of Texas Archaeology: Avery Engraved. 20.
https://scholarworks.sfasu.edu/ita-averyengraved/20