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Creation Date
2019
Description
SITE NAME OR SITE NUMBER: Battle Place
CONTEXT INFORMATION: Found in a grave on the Henry Moore (Battle) place, 1926. Obtained from Dan Jenkins.
ACCESSION NO.: 5425-677
VESSEL NO.: V-348
NON-PLASTICS: grog and bone (less than 5% of the paste)
VESSEL FORM: Jar
RIM AND LIP FORM: Everted rim and a rounded lip
CORE COLOR: F (fired in a low oxygen environment and cooled in the open air)
INTERIOR SURFACE COLOR: strong brown
EXTERIOR SURFACE COLOR: strong brown
WALL THICKNESS (RIM, BODY, AND BASE IN MM): 4.6 mm, rim
INTERIOR SURFACE TREATMENT: smoothed on the rim and body
EXTERIOR SURFACE TREATMENT: none
HEIGHT (IN CM): 8.5
ORIFICE DIAMETER (IN CM): 8.5
DIAMETER AT BOTTOM OF RIM OR NECK (IN CM): 7.6
BASE DIAMETER (IN CM): 5.0
ESTIMATED VOLUME (IN LITERS): 0.43 liters
DECORATION: The rim has a row of tool punctates under the lip and a second row at the rim-body juncture. The remainder of the rim has horizontal brushing marks. The vessel body is characterized by narrow vertical ridging, with vertical brushing marks between the narrow ridges.
TYPE: Belcher Ridged, var. Wilson’s Island
Belcher Ridged, var. Wilson’s Island jar (5425-677).
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Keywords
American Southwest, Caddo, Ceramic, Pottery, Archaeology, Anthropology
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