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2018

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SITE NAME OR SITE NUMBER: Paul Mitchell

VESSEL NO.: 6-2-69, Burial 29

VESSEL FORM: Carinated bowl

NON-PLASTICS AND PASTE: grog

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, 4.8 mm

INTERIOR SURFACE TREATMENT: smoothed

EXTERIOR SURFACE TREATMENT: burnished

HEIGHT (IN CM): 7.0

ORIFICE DIAMETER (IN CM): 17.8

DIAMETER AT BOTTOM OF RIM OR NECK (IN CM): 17.7

BASE DIAMETER (IN CM) AND SHAPE OF BASE: 9.6; circular and rounded

ESTIMATED VOLUME (IN LITERS): 0.75

DECORATION (INCLUDING MOTIF AND ELEMENTS WHEN APPARENT): The upper part of the vessel rim has two equally-spaced horizontal engraved lines. These lines are above four sets of engraved rectangular excised zones on the rim. Within these zones is a single horizontal and vertical engraved line and a smaller rectangular excised zone.

PIGMENT USE AND LOCATION ON VESSEL: none

TYPE AND VARIETY (IF KNOWN): Barkman Engraved

Barkman Engraved carinated bowl in Burial 29 at the Paul Mitchell site (41BW4).

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Keywords

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

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