Title

3LA1, V-2038

Creator

Timothy K. Perttula, Heritage Research Center, Stephen F. Austin State UniversityFollow
Robert Z. Selden Jr., Heritage Research Center, Stephen F. Austin State UniversityFollow

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Creation Date

2019

Description

SITE NAME OR SITE NUMBER: Wm. Handy Place

CONTEXT INFORMATION: A funerary offering in Burial 1 excavated by Robert Shelton in 1940. Associated funerary vessels include V-2030 to V-2037 and V-2039.

ACCESSION NO.: 5425-2124

VESSEL NO.: V-2038

NON-PLASTICS: grog

VESSEL FORM: Jar; three deer antler pieces still remain in a matrix of sediment resting on the interior vessel base

RIM AND LIP FORM: Direct rim and a rounded lip

CORE COLOR: G (fired in a reducing environment but cooled in the open air)

INTERIOR SURFACE COLOR: gray

EXTERIOR SURFACE COLOR: light yellowish-brown

WALL THICKNESS (RIM, BODY, AND BASE IN MM): 5.4 mm, rim; 4.8 mm, body

INTERIOR SURFACE TREATMENT: smoothed on the rim

EXTERIOR SURFACE TREATMENT: none

HEIGHT (IN CM): 9.8

ORIFICE DIAMETER (IN CM): 12.1

DIAMETER AT BOTTOM OF RIM OR NECK (IN CM): 11.3

BASE DIAMETER (IN CM): 5.9

ESTIMATED VOLUME (IN LITERS): 0.71 liters

DECORATION: There are two diagonally incised rows of incised lines on the rim, each pitched in different directions. The vessel body has four sets of incised circles around a dimpled appliqued node, as well as surrounding sets (four incised lines each) of curvilinear incised lines that extend from the rim-body juncture to the base.

TYPE: Foster Trailed-Incised, var. Foster

Foster Trailed-Incised, var. Foster jar (5425-2124).

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Recommended Citation

Perttula, Timothy K. and Selden, Robert Z. Jr., "3LA1, V-2038" (2019). Index of Texas Archaeology: Foster Trailed-Incised. 13.
https://scholarworks.sfasu.edu/ita-fostertrailedincised/13