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Creation Date
2019
Description
SITE NAME OR SITE NUMBER: Battle Place
CONTEXT INFORMATION: From a grave excavated by Dan Jenkins in 1928.
ACCESSION NO.: 5425-2470
VESSEL NO.: V-197
NON-PLASTICS: bone
VESSEL FORM: Jar
RIM AND LIP FORM: Direct rim with a rounded and exterior folded lip
CORE COLOR: B (fired and cooled in a low oxygen environment)
INTERIOR SURFACE COLOR: very dark gray
EXTERIOR SURFACE COLOR: very dark gray
WALL THICKNESS (RIM, BODY, AND BASE IN MM): 5.1 mm, rim; 4.8 mm, body; 7.0 mm, base
INTERIOR SURFACE TREATMENT: burnished on the rim and body
EXTERIOR SURFACE TREATMENT: smoothed on the body
HEIGHT (IN CM): 13.3
ORIFICE DIAMETER (IN CM): 12.1
DIAMETER AT BOTTOM OF RIM OR NECK (IN CM): 9.3
BASE DIAMETER (IN CM): 5.7
ESTIMATED VOLUME (IN LITERS): 0.97 liters
DECORATION: The rim has two narrow panels of opposed incised lines, as well as a broad incised line at the rim-body juncture. The vessel body has broad incised scrolls filled with stamping.
TYPE: Cowhide Stamped
Cowhide Stamped jar sherds (5425-2470).
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Keywords
American Southeast, Caddo, Ceramic, Pottery, Archaeology, Anthropology
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