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Creation Date
2018
Description
VESSEL NO.: 2003.08.592 (VN 18)
NON-PLASTICS AND PASTE: grog
VESSEL FORM: Carinated bowl
RIM AND LIP FORM: Direct rim and rounded lip
CORE COLOR: F (fired in a reducing environment and cooled in the open air)
INTERIOR SURFACE COLOR: dark yellowish-brown
EXTERIOR SURFACE COLOR: dark yellowish-brown; fire clouds on the rim, body, and base
WALL THICKNESS (RIM, BODY, AND BASE IN MM): rim, 3.9 mm
INTERIOR SURFACE TREATMENT: smoothed
EXTERIOR SURFACE TREATMENT: burnished
HEIGHT (IN CM): 7.8
ORIFICE DIAMETER (IN CM): 18.4
DIAMETER AT BOTTOM OF RIM OR NECK (IN CM): 18.4
BASE DIAMETER (IN CM) AND SHAPE OF BASE: 7.2; circular and rounded
ESTIMATED VOLUME (IN LITERS): 0.86
DECORATION (INCLUDING MOTIF AND ELEMENTS WHEN APPARENT): The rim has five engraved rectangular-shaped panels divided by two vertical engraved dashes and lines. Each panel has hatched rectangular and half-oval shaped zones or scalloping along each side. There is also a single row of excised punctations under the various panels, at the vessel carination.
PIGMENT USE AND LOCATION ON VESSEL: none
TYPE AND VARIETY [IF KNOWN]: cf. Handy Engraved
Handy Engraved carinated bowl from Burial 6 at 41GG5.
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Keywords
American Southeast, Caddo, Ceramic, Pottery, Archaeology, Anthropology
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