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Creation Date
2019
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SITE NAME OR SITE NUMBER: Battle Place
CONTEXT INFORMATION: From a grave (Burial 1) in Burial Plot 3 (Martin 1939). Associated with V-2007 to V-2011 and V-2013 in the grave.
ACCESSION NO.: 5425-733
VESSEL NO.: V-2012
NON-PLASTICS: grog
VESSEL FORM: Carinated bowl
RIM AND LIP FORM: Direct rim with a rounded and exterior folded lip
CORE COLOR: B (fired and cooled in a low oxygen environment)
INTERIOR SURFACE COLOR: dark gray to dark grayish-brown; fire clouds on the rim and body
EXTERIOR SURFACE COLOR: dark gray to dark grayish-brown; fire cloud on the base
WALL THICKNESS (RIM, BODY, AND BASE IN MM): 5.1 mm, rim
INTERIOR SURFACE TREATMENT: burnished on the rim and body
EXTERIOR SURFACE TREATMENT: burnished on the rim and body
HEIGHT (IN CM): 6.8
ORIFICE DIAMETER (IN CM): 18.4
DIAMETER AT BOTTOM OF RIM OR NECK (IN CM): 17.4
BASE DIAMETER (IN CM): N/A, rounded base
ESTIMATED VOLUME (IN LITERS): 0.75 liters
DECORATION: The rim has a horizontal interlocking engraved scroll that is repeated twice around the vessel. There are also single rows of tool punctates along the rim and at the vessel carination.
The horizontal interlocking scroll has a central hatched band with two upper and lower hatched brackets that extend either to the rim or the vessel carination. Between the upper and lower set of brackets are single horizontally-oriented engraved rectangles. The remainder of the scroll motif consists of upper and lower single hooked arm engraved lines.
The two scrolls are divided by two sets of vertical engraved and hatched brackets that extend from the rim to the vessel carination. Between them is a single vertically-oriented engraved rectangle.
TYPE: Handy Engraved
Handy Engraved carinated bowl (5425-733).
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Keywords
American Southeast, Caddo, Ceramic, Pottery, Archaeology, Anthropology
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