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2018

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SITE NAME OR SITE NUMBER: Paul Mitchell

VESSEL NO.: 341-442, Burial 14

VESSEL FORM: Carinated bowl

NON-PLASTICS AND PASTE: grog

RIM AND LIP FORM: Direct rim and flat lip

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

INTERIOR SURFACE COLOR: black; fire clouds on the body

EXTERIOR SURFACE COLOR: brown; fire clouds on the rim and body

WALL THICKNESS (IN MM): rim, 6.1 mm; body, 6.4 mm; base, 12.7 mm

INTERIOR SURFACE TREATMENT: smoothed

EXTERIOR SURFACE TREATMENT: smoothed

HEIGHT (IN CM): 15.0

ORIFICE DIAMETER (IN CM): 29.0

DIAMETER AT BOTTOM OF RIM OR NECK (IN CM): 27.0

BASE DIAMETER (IN CM) AND SHAPE OF BASE: 8.5; circular and flat

ESTIMATED VOLUME (IN LITERS): 3.9

DECORATION (INCLUDING MOTIF AND ELEMENTS WHEN APPARENT): The upper part of the rim is decorated with three horizontal engraved lines, as well as an unknown series of horizontal and vertical scroll zones filled with excised tool punctations. There are concentric engraved semi-circles and a semi-circle comprised of linear excised punctations between the scroll zones.

PIGMENT USE AND LOCATION ON VESSEL: none

TYPE AND VARIETY (IF KNOWN): Barkman Engraved

Barkman Engraved carinated bowl in Burial 14 in Mathews excavations at the Paul Mitchell site (41BW4).

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Keywords

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

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