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2019

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PROVENIENCE: upper burial No. 1 in Md. B

VESSEL NO. AND GILCREASE MUSEUM ACCESSION NO.: Vessel 1344; 5425.2132; Vessels 1344 to Vessel 1349 were found together in upper burial No. 1

NON-PLASTICS AND PASTE: fine grog

VESSEL FORM: Bowl

RIM AND LIP FORM: direct rim and a 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: dark yellowish-brown

WALL THICKNESS (RIM, BODY, AND BASE IN MM): rim, 6.4 mm

INTERIOR SURFACE TREATMENT: burnished

EXTERIOR SURFACE TREATMENT: burnished

HEIGHT (IN CM): 10.5

ORIFICE DIAMETER (IN CM): 11.8

DIAMETER AT BOTTOM OF RIM OR NECK (IN CM): N/A

BASE DIAMETER (IN CM): 9.0; circular and rounded base

ESTIMATED VOLUME (IN LITERS): 0.5

DECORATION (INCLUDING MOTIF AND ELEMENTS WHEN APPARENT): The rim has four equally-spaced horizontal engraved lines, while the body has three engraved panels. The panels include a large set of stacked triangles (the smallest one is excised) adjacent to a short scroll with a large cross-hatched circle at its center. There are also two excised triangles above and on either side of the large cross-hatched circle.

PIGMENT USE AND LOCATION ON VESSEL: none

TYPE [IF KNOWN]: Crockett Curvilinear Incised, but engraved

Engraved variant of Crockett Curvilinear Incised bowl, Vessel 1344.

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Keywords

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

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