Title

3LA1, V-2005

Creator

Timothy K. Perttula, Heritage Research Center, Stephen F. Austin State UniversityFollow
Robert Z. Selden Jr., Heritage Research Center, Stephen F. Austin State UniversityFollow

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Creation Date

2019

Description

SITE NAME OR SITE NUMBER: Battle Place

CONTEXT INFORMATION: From Burial 4 in Burial Plot 2 (Martin 1939), in association with V-2006 and pipes P-238 and P-239.

ACCESSION NO.: 5425-675

VESSEL NO.: V-2005

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 reducing environment)

INTERIOR SURFACE COLOR: black

EXTERIOR SURFACE COLOR: very dark grayish-brown

WALL THICKNESS (RIM, BODY, AND BASE IN MM): 7.2 mm, rim

INTERIOR SURFACE TREATMENT: smoothed on the body and burnished on the rim

EXTERIOR SURFACE TREATMENT: burnished on the rim and body

HEIGHT (IN CM): 6.0

ORIFICE DIAMETER (IN CM): 21.5

DIAMETER AT BOTTOM OF RIM OR NECK (IN CM): 18.5

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

ESTIMATED VOLUME (IN LITERS): 0.77 liters

DECORATION: The rim panel on this vessel has two horizontal interlocking engraved-punctated scrolls; the underside of the folded lip is a row of punctations, and there is a second row of punctations at the carination point.

The interlocking scroll has a central narrow engraved band filled with punctations, opposed single hooked arm engraved lines that partially encircle the central horizontal scroll band, and two attached engraved-punctated brackets that extend from the central band to the rim or the carination. Between each of these sets of brackets is a small engraved rectangle.

The two horizontal interlocking scrolls are separated from each other by two sets of two vertical engraved and punctate-filled brackets that extend from the rim to the vessel carination. Between each of these sets is a single vertically-oriented engraved rectangle.

TYPE: Handy Engraved

Handy Engraved carinated bowl (5425-675): a, photograph; b, drawing by Bobby Gonzalez.

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