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Creation Date
2019
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SITE NAME OR SITE NUMBER: Lester Bros. Place
CONTEXT INFORMATION: From a grave in a Caddo cemetery exposed in the dynamiting of a Red River levee, June 1929.
ACCESSION NO.: 5425-886
VESSEL NO.: V-509
NON-PLASTICS: fine grog
VESSEL FORM: Carinated bowl
RIM AND LIP FORM: Inverted rim with a rounded lip
CORE COLOR: A (fired and cooled in an oxidizing environment)
INTERIOR SURFACE COLOR: brown
EXTERIOR SURFACE COLOR: brown
WALL THICKNESS (RIM, BODY, AND BASE IN MM): 4.1 mm, rim
INTERIOR SURFACE TREATMENT: burnished on the rim
EXTERIOR SURFACE TREATMENT: burnished on the rim and the body
HEIGHT (IN CM): 5.5
ORIFICE DIAMETER (IN CM): 9.5
DIAMETER AT BOTTOM OF RIM OR NECK (IN CM): 10.2
BASE DIAMETER (IN CM): N/A, rounded base
ESTIMATED VOLUME (IN LITERS): 0.31 liters
DECORATION: The rim panel has an interlocking scroll motif repeated five times around the vessel. The upper and lower parts of the scroll have zones filled with gracefully curved engraved lines.
TYPE: Glassell Engraved, var. Atkins
Glassell Engraved, var. Atkins carinated bowl from the Lester Bros. Place (5425-886).
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Keywords
American Southwest, Caddo, Ceramic, Pottery, Archaeology, Anthropology
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