Title

3LA1, V-1994

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: Battle Place

CONTEXT INFORMATION: From a grave (Burial 1) in Burial Plot 2 (Martin 1939). Associated vessels in the grave are V-1987 to V-1993.

ACCESSION NO.: 5425-709

VESSEL NO.: V-1994

NON-PLASTICS: bone

VESSEL FORM: Carinated bowl with four rim peaks (23 mm wide and a maximum of 5 mm in height)

RIM AND LIP FORM: Direct rim and a rounded lip

CORE COLOR: F (fired in a reducing environment and cooled in the open air)

INTERIOR SURFACE COLOR: strong brown

EXTERIOR SURFACE COLOR: strong brown

WALL THICKNESS (RIM, BODY, AND BASE IN MM): 5.7 mm, rim

INTERIOR SURFACE TREATMENT: burnished on the rim

EXTERIOR SURFACE TREATMENT: burnished on the rim and body

HEIGHT (IN CM): 6.5

ORIFICE DIAMETER (IN CM): 13.6

DIAMETER AT BOTTOM OF RIM OR NECK (IN CM): 13.4

BASE DIAMETER (IN CM): N/A, rounded base

ESTIMATED VOLUME (IN LITERS): 0.53 liters

DECORATION: The rim panel has a negative horizontal scroll that is repeated twice around the vessel; the scroll filler background is upper and lower horizontal cross-hatched engraved bands. The two negative scrolls are divided by two vertical cross-hatched hooked arms and two cross-hatched vertical curvilinear engraved lines.

TYPE: Friendship Engraved

Friendship Engraved carinated bowl (5425-709) from the Battle site.

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