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2019

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VESSEL NO.: Burial 9, Vessel 35; 2003.08.444

NON-PLASTICS AND PASTE: grog and hematite; sandy paste

VESSEL FORM: Jar with four rim peaks; four star-shaped appliqued lugs under each of the rim peaks (Figure 250)

RIM AND LIP FORM: Everted 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 clouds on the base; organic residue on the rim and body

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

WALL THICKNESS (RIM, BODY, AND BASE IN MM): rim, 6.9 mm

INTERIOR SURFACE TREATMENT: smoothed

EXTERIOR SURFACE TREATMENT: none

HEIGHT (IN CM): 19.1

ORIFICE DIAMETER (IN CM): 16.9

DIAMETER AT BOTTOM OF RIM OR NECK (IN CM): 16.2

BASE DIAMETER (IN CM) AND SHAPE OF BASE: 9.0

ESTIMATED VOLUME (IN LITERS): 2.9

DECORATION (INCLUDING MOTIF AND ELEMENTS WHEN APPARENT): The rim has a continuous series of vertical incised lines around the vessel. The body has an appliqued fillet scroll and circle motif repeated four times around the vessel; the appliqued circle element has a smaller appliqued circle within it as well as a small appliqued node at the center of the smaller circle. The rim-body juncture has a single horizontal appliqued fillet, and there are appliqued triangle elements both above and below the appliqued scrolls.

PIGMENT USE AND LOCATION ON VESSEL: none

TYPE AND VARIETY [IF KNOWN]: Harleton Appliqued

Harleton Appliqued jar, Frank Smith cemetery, Burial 9, Vessel 35.

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

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