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Creation Date
2018
Description
SITE NAME OR SITE NUMBER: Paul Mitchell
VESSEL NO.: ET-547, Burial 47
VESSEL FORM: Carinated bowl
NON-PLASTICS AND PASTE: grog
RIM AND LIP FORM: Direct 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
WALL THICKNESS (IN MM): rim, 5.5 mm
INTERIOR SURFACE TREATMENT: burnished
EXTERIOR SURFACE TREATMENT: burnished
HEIGHT (IN CM): 7.6
ORIFICE DIAMETER (IN CM): 19.9
DIAMETER AT BOTTOM OF RIM OR NECK (IN CM): 19.9
BASE DIAMETER (IN CM) AND SHAPE OF BASE: 12.7; circular and rounded
ESTIMATED VOLUME (IN LITERS): 0.9
DECORATION (INCLUDING MOTIF AND ELEMENTS WHEN APPARENT): The upper part of the vessel rim has three horizontal engraved lines. These are above seven repeating triangular elements with a central open circle flanked by a series of short vertical engraved lines.
PIGMENT USE AND LOCATION ON VESSEL: none
TYPE AND VARIETY (IF KNOWN): Bowie Engraved
Bowie Engraved carinated bowl in Burial 47 at the Paul Mitchell site (41BW4).
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Keywords
American Southeast, Caddo, Ceramic, Pottery, Archaeology, Anthropology
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