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Creation Date
2019
Description
VESSEL NO.: Burial 1, Vessel 2; 2003.08.998
NON-PLASTICS AND PASTE: no non-plastics apparent
VESSEL FORM: Bottle with a flared neck
RIM AND LIP FORM: Everted rim and a rounded lip
CORE COLOR: B (fired and cooled in a reducing environment)
INTERIOR SURFACE COLOR: very dark grayish-brown
EXTERIOR SURFACE COLOR: very dark grayish-brown
WALL THICKNESS (RIM, BODY, AND BASE IN MM): neck, 4.6 mm
INTERIOR SURFACE TREATMENT: none
EXTERIOR SURFACE TREATMENT: burnished
HEIGHT (IN CM): 11.7
ORIFICE DIAMETER (IN CM): 3.5
DIAMETER AT BOTTOM OF RIM OR NECK (IN CM): 4.3; maximum body diameter is 8.2 cm
BASE DIAMETER (IN CM) AND SHAPE OF BASE: 4.1; circular and flat
ESTIMATED VOLUME (IN LITERS): 0.19
DECORATION (INCLUDING MOTIF AND ELEMENTS WHEN APPARENT): The vessel body has four panels of curvilinear engraved arcs, with each panel having 11 concentric curvilinear lines. Below the arcs of engraved lines are two broadly-spaced curvilinear engraved lines. Above the panels and below the base of the bottle neck are triangular and rectangular zones filled with small tool punctations.
PIGMENT USE AND LOCATION ON VESSEL: none
TYPE AND VARIETY [IF KNOWN]: Bailey Engraved
Bailey Engraved bottle, Enis Smith site, Burial 1, Vessel 2.
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Recommended Citation
Perttula, Timothy K. and Selden, Robert Z. Jr., "41UR317, Burial 1, Vessel 2, 2003.08.998" (2019). Index of Texas Archaeology: Bailey Engraved. 24.
https://scholarworks.sfasu.edu/ita-baileyengraved/24
Keywords
American Southwest, Caddo, Ceramic, Pottery, Archaeology, Anthropology
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