Title

Vessel 28, Burial 5, 2003.08.1273

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

2018

Description

Vessel 28 (2003.08.1273)

NON-PLASTICS AND PASTE: grog

VESSEL FORM: Compound bowl with rim peaks, possibly four rim peaks equally spaced around the vessel

RIM AND LIP FORM: Everted rim with a rounded, exterior folded lip

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

INTERIOR SURFACE COLOR: dark grayish-brown

EXTERIOR SURFACE COLOR: grayish-brown

WALL THICKNESS (RIM, BODY, AND BASE IN MM): rim, 5.5 mm; body, 4.7 mm

INTERIOR SURFACE TREATMENT: smoothed

EXTERIOR SURFACE TREATMENT: smoothed

HEIGHT (IN CM): N/A

ORIFICE DIAMETER (IN CM): 17.0

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

BASE DIAMETER (IN CM): N/A

ESTIMATED VOLUME (IN LITERS): N/A

DECORATION (INCLUDING MOTIF AND ELEMENTS WHEN APPARENT): The upper rim panel is plain. The lower rim panel has opposed sets of concentric semi-circles (possible eight in number) outlined by a cross-hatched meandering scroll. The sets of concentric semi-circles have small semi-circles at either their top or bottom, and the smallest concentric circle is either cross-hatched or plain.

PIGMENT USE AND LOCATION ON VESSEL: red pigment in the engraved lines on the lower rim panel

TYPE [IF KNOWN]: cf. Avery Engraved, var. unspecified (assumed to be of local manufacture because of the grog-tempered paste)

Avery Engraved, var. unspecified compound bowl, Vessel 28, Burial 5.

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Recommended Citation

Perttula, Timothy K. and Selden, Robert Z. Jr., "Vessel 28, Burial 5, 2003.08.1273" (2018). Index of Texas Archaeology: Avery Engraved. 7.
https://scholarworks.sfasu.edu/ita-averyengraved/7