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2020

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SITE NAME OR SITE NUMBER: G. W. Rumsey

VESSEL NO.: 47

NON-PLASTICS: grog

VESSEL FORM: Jar with four strap handles and four rim peaks

RIM AND LIP FORM: Everted rim and a rounded, exterior folded lip

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

INTERIOR SURFACE COLOR: very dark gray (10YR 3/1); fire clouding on rim, body, and base

EXTERIOR SURFACE COLOR: pale brown (10YR 6/3); fire clouding on the body and base

WALL THICKNESS (RIM, BODY, AND BASE IN MM): 10.0 mm, rim

INTERIOR SURFACE TREATMENT: smoothed

EXTERIOR SURFACE TREATMENT: none

HEIGHT (IN CM): 15.5

ORIFICE DIAMETER (IN CM): 18.4

DIAMETER AT BOTTOM OF RIM OR NECK (IN CM): 16.5

BASE DIAMETER (IN CM): 8.3

ESTIMATED VOLUME (IN LITERS): 1.7 liters

DECORATION: The rim is covered with tool punctations, and there is a horizontal appliqued fillet at the rim-body juncture; the strap handles are decorated with three vertical pinched rows. On the body are four sets of conjoined appliqued fillet semi-circles and triangles, each of which has a centrally-placed appliqued circle. Within each circle is a large appliqued node covered with small tool punctates. Areas on the body between the appliqued fillet elements have opposed, diagonal, and vertical incised lines.

TYPE: Harleton Appliqued


Harleton Appliqued jar, Rumsey site, Vessel 47.

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Keywords

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

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