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2019

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VESSEL NO.: Burial 10, Vessel 40; 2003.08.71

NON-PLASTICS AND PASTE: grog

VESSEL FORM: Jar with four rim peaks and four lug handles (25.1 x 12.4 mm in length and width) under the rim peaks (Figure 257)

RIM AND LIP FORM: Direct rim and a rounded lip

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

INTERIOR SURFACE COLOR: yellowish-brown; fire clouding on the rim and upper body

EXTERIOR SURFACE COLOR: dark yellowish-brown; fire clouding on the base; a thick organic residue on the rim and body

WALL THICKNESS (RIM, BODY, AND BASE IN MM): rim, 5.9 mm

INTERIOR SURFACE TREATMENT: smoothed

EXTERIOR SURFACE TREATMENT: none

HEIGHT (IN CM): 13.5

ORIFICE DIAMETER (IN CM): 12.3

DIAMETER AT BOTTOM OF RIM OR NECK (IN CM): 11.6

BASE DIAMETER (IN CM) AND SHAPE OF BASE: 4.9; circular and flat

ESTIMATED VOLUME (IN LITERS): 1.0

DECORATION (INCLUDING MOTIF AND ELEMENTS WHEN APPARENT): The rim is roughened, but otherwise undecorated. The lug handles are decorated with three vertical pinched ridges. The vessel body has an appliqued fillet scroll and circle motif repeated four times around the vessel.

PIGMENT USE AND LOCATION ON VESSEL: none

TYPE AND VARIETY [IF KNOWN]: Harleton Appliqued

Harleton Appliqued jar, Frank Smith cemetery, Burial 10, Vessel 40.

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Keywords

American Southwest, Caddo, Ceramic, Pottery, Archaeology, Anthropology

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