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SITE NAME OR SITE NUMBER: Paul Mitchell

VESSEL NO.: 6-2-51, Burial 19

VESSEL FORM: Carinated bowl

NON-PLASTICS AND PASTE: grog

RIM AND LIP FORM: Direct rim and rounded lip

CORE COLOR: G (fired in a reducing environment and cooled in the open air)

INTERIOR SURFACE COLOR: very dark grayish-brown

EXTERIOR SURFACE COLOR: yellowish-brown; fire clouds on the rim, body, and base

WALL THICKNESS (IN MM): rim, 4.2 mm

INTERIOR SURFACE TREATMENT: burnished

EXTERIOR SURFACE TREATMENT: burnished

HEIGHT (IN CM): 6.5

ORIFICE DIAMETER (IN CM): 19.0

DIAMETER AT BOTTOM OF RIM OR NECK (IN CM): 19.0

BASE DIAMETER (IN CM) AND SHAPE OF BASE: 12.0; circular and rounded

ESTIMATED VOLUME (IN LITERS): 0.75

DECORATION (INCLUDING MOTIF AND ELEMENTS WHEN APPARENT): The rim has three equally-spaced horizontal engraved lines as well as eight elongated and hatched zones and eye-shaped elements with the “eye” at the end of the hatched zone. There is also a single horizontal engraved line on the interior vessel surface at the carination.

PIGMENT USE AND LOCATION ON VESSEL: white pigment in the engraved lines

TYPE AND VARIETY (IF KNOWN): Bowie Engraved

Bowie Engraved carinated bowl in Burial 19 at the Paul Mitchell site (41BW4).

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Keywords

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

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