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2018

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SITE NAME OR SITE NUMBER: Johns

VESSEL NO.: Burial 12, Pot 3

NON-PLASTICS: grog

VESSEL FORM: Jar with two rim peaks and two broad strap handles

RIM AND LIP FORM: Everted rim and a rounded lip

CORE COLOR: B (fired and cooled in a reducing environment)

INTERIOR SURFACE COLOR: very dark gray (10YR 3/1)

EXTERIOR SURFACE COLOR: very dark gray (10YR 3/1)

WALL THICKNESS (RIM, BODY, AND BASE IN MM): 5.5 mm, rim

INTERIOR SURFACE TREATMENT: smoothed

EXTERIOR SURFACE TREATMENT: none

HEIGHT (IN CM): 10.5

ORIFICE DIAMETER (IN CM): 11.3

DIAMETER AT BOTTOM OF RIM OR NECK (IN CM): 9.0

BASE DIAMETER (IN CM): 6.7

ESTIMATED VOLUME (IN LITERS): 0.71 liters

DECORATION: The rim has vertical brushing, with a row of tool punctations at the rim-body juncture. The vessel body features an appliqued ridge motif of scrolls and five circles. Each large appliqued circle has a very large appliqued node within it. Above the appliqued scroll and circles, the vessel body has diagonal brushing marks, and below the appliqued scroll and circles, the brushing is vertical in orientation to within 2 cm of the base. Each of the strap handles is decorated with four vertical pinched rows.

TYPE: Undetermined utility ware, cf. Harleton Appliqued

Harleton Appliqued jar with strap handles, Burial 12, Pot 3

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Keywords

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

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