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2018

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SITE NAME OR SITE NUMBER: H. R. Taylor

VESSEL NO.: 763, Burial A-58

VESSEL FORM: Jar with a tall rim

NON-PLASTICS AND PASTE: grog

RIM AND LIP FORM: Everted rim

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

INTERIOR SURFACE COLOR: yellowish-brown

EXTERIOR SURFACE COLOR: yellowish-brown; fire clouds on the rim, body, and base

WALL THICKNESS (IN MM): rim, 6.2 mm

INTERIOR SURFACE TREATMENT: smoothed

EXTERIOR SURFACE TREATMENT: smoothed

HEIGHT (IN CM): 12.4

ORIFICE DIAMETER (IN CM): 13.5

DIAMETER AT BOTTOM OF RIM OR NECK (IN CM): 12.9

BASE DIAMETER (IN CM) AND SHAPE OF BASE: 5.0 cm, circular and flat

ESTIMATED VOLUME (IN LITERS): 1.0

DECORATION (INCLUDING MOTIF AND ELEMENTS WHEN APPARENT): The rim has three widely-spaced horizontal engraved lines. The vessel body has four sets of concentric engraved arcs divided by upper and lower triangular elements. The upper triangles each have an inner open triangle element.

PIGMENT USE AND LOCATION ON VESSEL: none

TYPE AND VARIETY (IF KNOWN): Bailey Engraved

Bailey Engraved jar, No. 763 in Burial A-58 at the H. R. Taylor site.

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Keywords

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

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