Title
Preview
Creation Date
2019
Description
SITE NAME OR SITE NUMBER: Wm. Handy Place
CONTEXT INFORMATION: From a grave (Burial 2) in a cemetery excavated by Robert Shelton or Pete Miroir in 1940. Associated vessels include V-2040 and V-2042 to V-2044.
ACCESSION NO.: 5425-2021
VESSEL NO.: V-2041
NON-PLASTICS: grog
VESSEL FORM: Bowl with a small globular body; vessel has a cut-down rim
RIM AND LIP FORM: Direct rim with a flat cut-down lip
CORE COLOR: B (fired and cooled in a low oxygen environment)
INTERIOR SURFACE COLOR: very dark gray, with fire clouds
EXTERIOR SURFACE COLOR: very dark gray, with fire clouds
WALL THICKNESS (RIM, BODY, AND BASE IN MM): 3.4 mm, rim
INTERIOR SURFACE TREATMENT: burnished on the rim and body
EXTERIOR SURFACE TREATMENT: burnished on the rim and body
HEIGHT (IN CM): 10.5
ORIFICE DIAMETER (IN CM): 11.4
DIAMETER AT BOTTOM OF RIM OR NECK (IN CM): 11.0
BASE DIAMETER (IN CM): N/A, rounded base
ESTIMATED VOLUME (IN LITERS): 0.96 liters
DECORATION: The vessel has four vertical engraved panels filled with narrow sets of curvilinear and vertical engraved zones that have small punctates within each of the zones. The panels are separated from each other by one or two vertical engraved lines. At the bottom of each vertical panel is a continuous series of negative ovals defined by excising: the number of negative ovals ranges from six to eight in the four panels
TYPE: Handy Engraved
Handy Engraved bowl (5425-2021).
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Keywords
American Southwest, Caddo, Ceramic, Pottery, Archaeology, Anthropology
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