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Creation Date
2019
Description
VESSEL NO.: Burial 11, Vessel 82; 2003.08.459
NON-PLASTICS AND PASTE: bone and hematite
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: dark grayish-brown
EXTERIOR SURFACE COLOR: yellowish-brown; fire clouds on the rim, body, and base; organic residue on the rim and body
WALL THICKNESS (RIM, BODY, AND BASE IN MM): rim, 6.9 mm
INTERIOR SURFACE TREATMENT: smoothed
EXTERIOR SURFACE TREATMENT: smoothed on the lower body
HEIGHT (IN CM): 25.2
ORIFICE DIAMETER (IN CM): 23.9
DIAMETER AT BOTTOM OF RIM OR NECK (IN CM): 21.9
BASE DIAMETER (IN CM) AND SHAPE OF BASE: 8.6; circular and flat
ESTIMATED VOLUME (IN LITERS): 7.8
DECORATION (INCLUDING MOTIF AND ELEMENTS WHEN APPARENT): The rim is decorated with horizontal brushing marks, as well as two rows of tool punctations. One row is under the lip and the other is at the rim-body juncture. The vessel body has diagonal and overlapping brushed marks from the rim-body juncture to within 8.0 cm of the base.
PIGMENT USE AND LOCATION ON VESSEL: none
TYPE AND VARIETY [IF KNOWN]: Bullard Brushed
Bullard Brushed jar, Enis Smith cemetery, Burial 11, Vessel 82.
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Keywords
American Southwest, Caddo, Ceramic, Pottery, Archaeology, Anthropology
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