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SITE NAME OR SITE NUMBER: Goode Hunt
VESSEL NO.: 12, Burial I-1
VESSEL FORM: Bottle
NON-PLASTICS AND PASTE: bone
RIM AND LIP FORM: Direct rim and rounded lip
CORE COLOR: B (fired and cooled in a reducing environment)
INTERIOR SURFACE COLOR: very dark gray
EXTERIOR SURFACE COLOR: very dark gray; fire clouds on the base
WALL THICKNESS (IN MM): rim, 5.2 mm
INTERIOR SURFACE TREATMENT: none
EXTERIOR SURFACE TREATMENT: burnished
HEIGHT (IN CM): 17.8
ORIFICE DIAMETER (IN CM): 4.1
DIAMETER AT BOTTOM OF RIM OR NECK (IN CM): 5.1; 12.5 cm maximum body diameter
BASE DIAMETER (IN CM) AND SHAPE OF BASE: 5.1; circular and rounded
ESTIMATED VOLUME (IN LITERS): 036
DECORATION (INCLUDING MOTIF AND ELEMENTS WHEN APPARENT): Beneath three horizontal engraved lines on the upper vessel body are four semi-circular panels with engraved elements. The horizontal lines are bisected by two sets of two low appliqued ridges, and there are another two sets of small appliqued circles between the central and lowest horizontal engraved lines. These appliqued elements are set above the engraved bracket elements that divide the engraved body panels.
The panels on the vessel body are divided by engraved bracket elements with sets of 2-3 short horizontal engraved lines. The panels have a single centrally-placed engraved semi-circle filled with concentric semi-circular lines on either side of a hatched bracket element.
PIGMENT USE AND LOCATION ON VESSEL: red in the engraved lines
TYPE AND VARIETY (IF KNOWN): Hatchel Engraved (Suhm and Jelks 1962:Plate 34)
Hatchel Engraved bottle (Vessel No. 12) from Burial I-1 at the Goode Hunt site.
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American Southeast, Caddo, Ceramic, Pottery, Archaeology, Anthropology
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