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Creation Date
2019
Description
SITE NAME OR SITE NUMBER: Battle Place
CONTEXT INFORMATION: From a grave excavated by Dan Jenkins in April 1929.
ACCESSION NO.: 5425-744
VESSEL NO.: V-365
NON-PLASTICS: bone and grog
VESSEL FORM: Jar with a short (8.0 mm) rim
RIM AND LIP FORM: Everted rim with a rounded and exterior folded lip
CORE COLOR: B (fired and cooled in a low oxygen environment)
INTERIOR SURFACE COLOR: very dark grayish-brown
EXTERIOR SURFACE COLOR: brown; fire clouds on the body and rim
WALL THICKNESS (RIM, BODY, AND BASE IN MM): 7.0 mm, rim
INTERIOR SURFACE TREATMENT: smoothed on the rim and upper body
EXTERIOR SURFACE TREATMENT: none
HEIGHT (IN CM): 18.7
ORIFICE DIAMETER (IN CM): 10.6
DIAMETER AT BOTTOM OF RIM OR NECK (IN CM): 9.9
BASE DIAMETER (IN CM): 8.1
ESTIMATED VOLUME (IN LITERS): 1.78 liters
DECORATION: The rim has horizontal brushed-incised lines. On the body are a series of very narrow and diagonal appliqued ridges, with diagonal brushing marks between the ridges.
TYPE: Belcher Ridged, var. Belcher Ridged
Belcher Ridged, var. Belcher Ridged jar (5425-744).
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Keywords
American Southeast, Caddo, Ceramic, Pottery, Archaeology, Anthropology
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