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2018

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SITE NAME OR SITE NUMBER: H. R. Taylor

VESSEL NO.: 474, Burial A-42

VESSEL FORM: Jar with four rim peaks and strap handles (23 x 22 mm in length and width)

NON-PLASTICS AND PASTE: grog

RIM AND LIP FORM: Everted rim and rounded lip

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

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

EXTERIOR SURFACE COLOR: yellowish-brown; fire clouds on the rim and body; organic remains on the body

WALL THICKNESS (IN MM): rim, 6.9 mm

INTERIOR SURFACE TREATMENT: smoothed

EXTERIOR SURFACE TREATMENT: none

HEIGHT (IN CM): 27.0

ORIFICE DIAMETER (IN CM): 20.2

DIAMETER AT BOTTOM OF RIM OR NECK (IN CM): 19.6

BASE DIAMETER (IN CM) AND SHAPE OF BASE: 7.3 cm, circular and flat

ESTIMATED VOLUME (IN LITERS): 7.1

DECORATION (INCLUDING MOTIF AND ELEMENTS WHEN APPARENT): The rim has single rows of tool punctations under the vessel lip and at the rim-body juncture, and the area between the punctations has diagonal brushing marks. The vessel body has eight vertical appliqued ridges that extend to the base; horizontal brushing marks fill the panels defined by the appliqued ridges.

PIGMENT USE AND LOCATION ON VESSEL: none

TYPE AND VARIETY (IF KNOWN): Cass Appliqued

Cass Appliqued jar, No. 474, H. R. Taylor site.

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Keywords

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

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