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2018

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SITE NAME OR SITE NUMBER: Paul Mitchell

VESSEL NO.: 6-2-109, Burial 42

VESSEL FORM: Carinated bowl

NON-PLASTICS AND PASTE: grog

RIM AND LIP FORM: Inverted rim and rounded lip

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

INTERIOR SURFACE COLOR: very dark grayish-brown

EXTERIOR SURFACE COLOR: very dark grayish-brown; fire clouds on the rim and base

WALL THICKNESS (IN MM): rim, 6.0 mm

INTERIOR SURFACE TREATMENT: burnished

EXTERIOR SURFACE TREATMENT: burnished

HEIGHT (IN CM): 14.1

ORIFICE DIAMETER (IN CM): 24.1

DIAMETER AT BOTTOM OF RIM OR NECK (IN CM): 24.3

BASE DIAMETER (IN CM) AND SHAPE OF BASE: 8.9; circular and flat

ESTIMATED VOLUME (IN LITERS): 3.1

DECORATION (INCLUDING MOTIF AND ELEMENTS WHEN APPARENT): The vessel rim has a single horizontal engraved line beneath the lip and two horizontal engraved zones filled with one or two rows of excised tool punctations. The two horizontal engraved zones are connected by four vertical bracket elements that are filled with excised tool punctations.

PIGMENT USE AND LOCATION ON VESSEL: none

TYPE AND VARIETY (IF KNOWN): Barkman Engraved

Barkman Engraved carinated bowl in Burial 42 at the Paul Mitchell site (41BW4).

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Keywords

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

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