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2018

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SITE NAME OR SITE NUMBER: Hatchel (41BW3)

VESSEL NO.: 6-3-194, Burial 2 in Zone F in the platform mound

VESSEL FORM: Carinated bowl

NON-PLASTICS AND PASTE: grog and bone

RIM AND LIP FORM: Direct rim and rounded lip

CORE COLOR: B (fired and cooled in a reducing environment)

INTERIOR SURFACE COLOR: black

EXTERIOR SURFACE COLOR: very dark grayish-brown; fire clouds on the body

WALL THICKNESS (IN MM): rim, 4.7 mm

INTERIOR SURFACE TREATMENT: burnished

EXTERIOR SURFACE TREATMENT: burnished

HEIGHT (IN CM): 7.6

ORIFICE DIAMETER (IN CM): 15.3

DIAMETER AT BOTTOM OF RIM OR NECK (IN CM): 15.3

BASE DIAMETER (IN CM) AND SHAPE OF BASE: 6.4 cm; circular and rounded

ESTIMATED VOLUME (IN LITERS): 0.70

DECORATION (INCLUDING MOTIF AND ELEMENTS WHEN APPARENT): The rim has an engraved motif repeated four times around the vessel; above the motif are two horizontal engraved lines. The engraved motif consists of a panel with an enclosed horizontal and vertical scroll line with downward-pointing excised tick marks; the upper and lower panel lines also have excised tick marks. On either side of the scroll line are single vertical engraved lines with excised tick marks as well as narrow vertical columns filled with diagonal hatched lines.

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

TYPE AND VARIETY (IF KNOWN): Barkman Engraved

Barkman Engraved carinated bowl (6-3-194) in Burial 2, Zone F, in the platform mound at the Hatchel site.

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American Southeast, Caddo

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