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2018

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SITE NAME OR SITE NUMBER: Paul Mitchell

VESSEL NO.: 6-2-37, Burial 3

VESSEL FORM: Carinated bowl

NON-PLASTICS AND PASTE: grog and bone

RIM AND LIP FORM: Direct rim and rounded lip

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

INTERIOR SURFACE COLOR: very dark grayish-brown

EXTERIOR SURFACE COLOR: dark brown

WALL THICKNESS (IN MM): rim, 5.0 mm; body, 5.4 mm

INTERIOR SURFACE TREATMENT: burnished

EXTERIOR SURFACE TREATMENT: burnished

HEIGHT (IN CM): N/A; rim height is 3.7 cm

ORIFICE DIAMETER (IN CM): 18.0

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

BASE DIAMETER (IN CM) AND SHAPE OF BASE: N/A

ESTIMATED VOLUME (IN LITERS): N/A

DECORATION (INCLUDING MOTIF AND ELEMENTS WHEN APPARENT): The top of the rim has three equally-spaced horizontal engraved lines. These are above an unknown series of engraved rectangular panels. Within the panels are opposed horizontally-oriented triangle elements with a smaller inner open triangle that are outlined by a continuous series of vertical engraved lines on either side of the triangle elements.

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

TYPE AND VARIETY (IF KNOWN): Barkman Engraved

Barkman Engraved carinated bowl in Burial 3 at the Paul Mitchell Site (41BW4).

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Keywords

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

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