Title

3LA1, V-2037

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: From a grave (Burial 1) in a cemetery excavated by Robert Shelton in 1940. Associated vessels include V-2030 to V-2036 and V-2038 to V-2039.

ACCESSION NO.: 5425-2048

VESSEL NO.: V-2037

NON-PLASTICS: shell

VESSEL FORM: Miniature jar with a tall rim

RIM AND LIP FORM: Direct rim with a rounded and exterior folded lip

CORE COLOR: A (fired and cooled in a high oxygen environment)

INTERIOR SURFACE COLOR: brown

EXTERIOR SURFACE COLOR: brown

WALL THICKNESS (RIM, BODY, AND BASE IN MM): 4.1 mm, rim

INTERIOR SURFACE TREATMENT: smoothed on the rim

EXTERIOR SURFACE TREATMENT: none

HEIGHT (IN CM): 6.5

ORIFICE DIAMETER (IN CM): 7.5

DIAMETER AT BOTTOM OF RIM OR NECK (IN CM): 6.4

BASE DIAMETER (IN CM): 4.1

ESTIMATED VOLUME (IN LITERS): 0.29 liters

DECORATION: The rim has two rows of short diagonal incised lines. The body has sets of incised semi-circles repeated three times around the vessel.

TYPE: Foster Trailed-Incised, var. unspecified

Foster Trailed-Incised, var. unspecified jar (5425-2048) from the Wm. Handy Place.

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Recommended Citation

Perttula, Timothy K. and Selden, Robert Z. Jr., "3LA1, V-2037" (2019). Index of Texas Archaeology: Foster Trailed-Incised. 14.
https://scholarworks.sfasu.edu/ita-fostertrailedincised/14