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Creation Date
2018
Description
SITE NAME OR SITE NUMBER: H. R. Taylor
VESSEL NO.: 811, Burial A-60
VESSEL FORM: Deep bowl
NON-PLASTICS AND PASTE: shell
RIM AND LIP FORM: Direct rim and rounded lip
CORE COLOR: F (fired in a reducing environment and cooled in the open air)
INTERIOR SURFACE COLOR: red
EXTERIOR SURFACE COLOR: red
WALL THICKNESS (IN MM): rim, 4.1 mm
INTERIOR SURFACE TREATMENT: smoothed
EXTERIOR SURFACE TREATMENT: smoothed
HEIGHT (IN CM): 13.4
ORIFICE DIAMETER (IN CM): 16.0
DIAMETER AT BOTTOM OF RIM OR NECK (IN CM): N/A
BASE DIAMETER (IN CM) AND SHAPE OF BASE: 8.5 cm, circular and flat
ESTIMATED VOLUME (IN LITERS): 1.7
DECORATION (INCLUDING MOTIF AND ELEMENTS WHEN APPARENT): The vessel interior and exterior surfaces have a hematite-rich slip. The vessel also has engraved elements on the vessel interior, below the lip. This includes a single horizontal engraved and an unknown number of hatched triangles.
PIGMENT USE AND LOCATION ON VESSEL: none
TYPE AND VARIETY (IF KNOWN): Bowie Engraved
Bowie Engraved deep bowl (No. 811) in Burial A-60 at the H. R. Taylor site.
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Keywords
American Southeast, Caddo, Ceramic, Pottery, Archaeology, Anthropology
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