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2019

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VESSEL NO.: Burial 11, Vessel 55; 2003.08.1748

NON-PLASTICS AND PASTE: grog and bone

VESSEL FORM: Jar with a short rim

RIM AND LIP FORM: Everted rim and a 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; fire clouds on the body

WALL THICKNESS (RIM, BODY, AND BASE IN MM): rim, 5.3 mm

INTERIOR SURFACE TREATMENT: smoothed

EXTERIOR SURFACE TREATMENT: none

HEIGHT (IN CM): 10.0

ORIFICE DIAMETER (IN CM): 10.6

DIAMETER AT BOTTOM OF RIM OR NECK (IN CM): 9.3

BASE DIAMETER (IN CM) AND SHAPE OF BASE: 6.0

ESTIMATED VOLUME (IN LITERS): 0.64

DECORATION (INCLUDING MOTIF AND ELEMENTS WHEN APPARENT): The rim has horizontal brushing marks as well as a row of tool punctates under the lip and a second row at the rim-body juncture. The vessel body is covered with vertical appliqued ridges (n=39) that extend from the rim-body juncture to the vessel base.

PIGMENT USE AND LOCATION ON VESSEL: none

TYPE AND VARIETY [IF KNOWN]: Cass Appliqued

Cass Appliqued jar, Frank Smith cemetery, Burial 11, Vessel 55.

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Keywords

American Southwest, Caddo, Ceramic, Pottery, Archaeology, Anthropology

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