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3LA1, V-1993

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2019

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SITE NAME OR SITE NUMBER: Battle Place

CONTEXT INFORMATION: From a grave (Burial 1) in Burial Plot 2 (Martin 1939). Associated vessels in the grave include V-1987 to V-1992 and V-1994.

ACCESSION NO.: 5425-636

VESSEL NO.: V-1993

NON-PLASTICS: grog

VESSEL FORM: Carinated bowl

RIM AND LIP FORM: Direct rim with a rounded and exterior folded lip

CORE COLOR: G (fired in a reducing environment and cooled in the open air)

INTERIOR SURFACE COLOR: black

EXTERIOR SURFACE COLOR: dark brown

WALL THICKNESS (RIM, BODY, AND BASE IN MM): 5.4 mm, rim

INTERIOR SURFACE TREATMENT: burnished on the body and rim

EXTERIOR SURFACE TREATMENT: burnished on the body and rim

HEIGHT (IN CM): 4.6

ORIFICE DIAMETER (IN CM): 13.6

DIAMETER AT BOTTOM OF RIM OR NECK (IN CM): 12.4

BASE DIAMETER (IN CM): 12.3

ESTIMATED VOLUME (IN LITERS): 0.38 liters

DECORATION: The rim has a horizontal interlocking scroll motif repeated twice around the vessel; the motif is delimited by upper and lower horizontal engraved lines with small triangular tick marks. The interlocking scroll consists of a single central horizontal line (also with tick marks) with two sets of upper and lower engraved brackets that reach either the upper or lower rim/carination engraved lines. The interlocking scrolls are divided by a zone with two engraved brackets at either end, a central ticked curvilinear engraved line, and single vertical engraved lines on either side of the central ticked line.

TYPE: Handy Engraved

Handy Engraved carinated bowl (5425-636): a, photograph; b, drawing by Bobby Gonzalez.

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Keywords

American Southeast, Caddo, Ceramic, Pottery, Archaeology, Anthropology

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