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3LA1, V-1741

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2019

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SITE NAME OR SITE NUMBER: Battle Place

CONTEXT INFORMATION: From a grave on the Henry Moore (Battle) place. It was plowed-out by Dan Jenkins, 1935. Associated with V-1740.

ACCESSION NO.: 5425-704

VESSEL NO.: V-1741

NON-PLASTICS: grog and bone (less than 5% of the paste)

VESSEL FORM: Bottle with a long neck

RIM AND LIP FORM: Direct rim with a rounded lip

CORE COLOR: B (fired and cooled in a low oxygen environment)

INTERIOR SURFACE COLOR: grayish-brown

EXTERIOR SURFACE COLOR: very dark gray

WALL THICKNESS (RIM, BODY, AND BASE IN MM): 4.4 mm, rim

INTERIOR SURFACE TREATMENT: smoothed on the upper neck

EXTERIOR SURFACE TREATMENT: burnished on the neck and body

HEIGHT (IN CM): 22.5

ORIFICE DIAMETER (IN CM): 4.6

DIAMETER AT BOTTOM OF RIM OR NECK (IN CM): 5.6; 13.0 cm wide at the widest part of the vessel body

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

ESTIMATED VOLUME (IN LITERS): 0.52

DECORATION: The top of the vessel body has five horizontal engraved lines, along with four sets of six vertical rows of appliqued nodes. Below these elements are four sets of concentric engraved semi-circles in a panel that ends near the mid-point of the body; two of the semi-circles form a narrow hatched band. The central and smallest semi-circle has two small engraved dashes within it. Underneath the vertical appliqued nodes, and dividing the sets of engraved semi-circles, is a hatched engraved bracket with half of a negative S-shaped area within it.

TYPE: Friendship Engraved

Friendship Engraved bottle (5425-704).

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Keywords

American Southwest, Caddo, Ceramic, Pottery, Archaeology, Anthropology

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