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Creation Date
2019
Description
PROVENIENCE: burial in Mound D, general, excavated by W. P. Agee in 1906
VESSEL NO. AND GILCREASE MUSEUM ACCESSION NO.: Vessel 1232; 5425.2300
NON-PLASTICS AND PASTE: grog
VESSEL FORM: Bowl
RIM AND LIP FORM: direct 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: dark yellowish-brown; fire-clouding on the rim
WALL THICKNESS (RIM, BODY, AND BASE IN MM): rim, 5.5 mm
INTERIOR SURFACE TREATMENT: smoothed
EXTERIOR SURFACE TREATMENT: smoothed
HEIGHT (IN CM): 9.6
ORIFICE DIAMETER (IN CM): 13.2
DIAMETER AT BOTTOM OF RIM OR NECK (IN CM): 12.5
BASE DIAMETER (IN CM): 8.5, circular/rounded
ESTIMATED VOLUME (IN LITERS): 0.51
DECORATION (INCLUDING MOTIF AND ELEMENTS WHEN APPARENT): There is an open scroll on the rim that is divided by four central incised circles filled with cane punctations. There are five upper and lower scroll fill zone elements that consist of incised curvilinear triangles filled with cane punctations. The central incised circles are connected with a single incised line to upper and lower curvilinear triangle elements.
PIGMENT USE AND LOCATION ON VESSEL: none
TYPE [IF KNOWN]: Crockett Curvilinear-Incised
Crockett Curvilinear Incised bowl, Vessel 1232.
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Keywords
American Southeast, Caddo, Ceramic, Pottery, Archaeology, Anthropology
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