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Creation Date
2018
Description
Vessel 140 (2003.08.1843)
NON-PLASTICS AND PASTE: grog
VESSEL FORM: Jar
RIM AND LIP FORM: everted rim and rounded lip
CORE COLOR: G (fired in a reducing environment and cooled in the open air)
INTERIOR SURFACE COLOR: black
EXTERIOR SURFACE COLOR: dark yellowish-brown; fire clouding on the rim and body
WALL THICKNESS (RIM, BODY, AND BASE IN MM): rim, 6.9 mm; body, 7.1 mm
INTERIOR SURFACE TREATMENT: burnished on the rim and smoothed on the body
EXTERIOR SURFACE TREATMENT: none
HEIGHT (IN CM): 19.1
ORIFICE DIAMETER (IN CM): 14.6
DIAMETER AT BOTTOM OF RIM OR NECK (IN CM): 13.6
BASE DIAMETER (IN CM): 8.0
ESTIMATED VOLUME (IN LITERS): 2.5
DECORATION (INCLUDING MOTIF AND ELEMENTS WHEN APPARENT): The rim is decorated with horizontal brushing marks, and there are vertical brushing marks on the vessel body that extend to within 2.0 cm of the vessel base.
PIGMENT USE AND LOCATION ON VESSEL: none
TYPE [IF KNOWN]: Bullard Brushed
Bullard Brushed jar, Vessel 140, Burial 27.
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Keywords
American Southeast, Caddo, Ceramic, Pottery, Archaeology, Anthropology
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