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SITE NAME OR SITE NUMBER: Paul Mitchell
VESSEL NO.: 341-413, Burial 1
VESSEL FORM: Jar
NON-PLASTICS AND PASTE: grog
RIM AND LIP FORM: Everted rim and rounded lip
CORE COLOR: G (fired in a reducing environment and cooled in the open air)
INTERIOR SURFACE COLOR: very dark grayish-brown
EXTERIOR SURFACE COLOR: yellowish-brown; fire clouds on the rim and body
WALL THICKNESS (IN MM): rim, 7.0 mm
INTERIOR SURFACE TREATMENT: smoothed
EXTERIOR SURFACE TREATMENT: none
HEIGHT (IN CM): 11.5
ORIFICE DIAMETER (IN CM): 11.6
DIAMETER AT BOTTOM OF RIM OR NECK (IN CM): 11.3
BASE DIAMETER (IN CM) AND SHAPE OF BASE: 7.6; circular and flat
ESTIMATED VOLUME (IN LITERS): 0.8
DECORATION (INCLUDING MOTIF AND ELEMENTS WHEN APPARENT): The rim has 11 sets of diagonal opposed incised lines. The vessel body has a continuous series of vertical incised lines.
PIGMENT USE AND LOCATION ON VESSEL: none
TYPE AND VARIETY (IF KNOWN): Dunkin Incised
Dunkin Incised jar in Burial 1 in Mathews excavations at the Paul Mitchell site (41BW4).
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Keywords
American Southeast, Caddo, Ceramic, Pottery, Archaeology, Anthropology
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