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2018

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SITE NAME OR SITE NUMBER: H. R. Taylor

VESSEL NO.: 661, Burial A-50

VESSEL FORM: Jar with four rim peaks and lug handles

NON-PLASTICS AND PASTE: grog

RIM AND LIP FORM: Everted rim and rounded lip

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

INTERIOR SURFACE COLOR: yellowish-brown; fire clouds on the rim and base

EXTERIOR SURFACE COLOR: yellowish-brown; fire clouds on the rim and body

WALL THICKNESS (IN MM): rim, 4.2 mm

INTERIOR SURFACE TREATMENT: smoothed

EXTERIOR SURFACE TREATMENT: none

HEIGHT (IN CM): 9.3

ORIFICE DIAMETER (IN CM): 10.1

DIAMETER AT BOTTOM OF RIM OR NECK (IN CM): 9.5

BASE DIAMETER (IN CM) AND SHAPE OF BASE: 5.4 cm, circular and flat

ESTIMATED VOLUME (IN LITERS): 0.6

DECORATION (INCLUDING MOTIF AND ELEMENTS WHEN APPARENT): The rim has closely-spaced vertical incised lines, a single horizontal incised line near the rim-body juncture, and a row of tool punctations at the rim-body juncture. The vessel body has four sets of appliqued fillet scroll and circle elements; each of the appliqued circles have a small appliqued node at their centers. Finally, the area between the appliqued fillets is filled with diagonal brushing marks.

PIGMENT USE AND LOCATION ON VESSEL: none

TYPE AND VARIETY (IF KNOWN): Harleton Appliqued

Harleton Appliqued jar, No. 661, H. R. Taylor site.

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Keywords

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

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