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SITE NAME OR SITE NUMBER: Paul Mitchell

VESSEL NO.: 341-448, Burial 15

VESSEL FORM: Bottle

NON-PLASTICS AND PASTE: grog

RIM AND LIP FORM: Missing

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

INTERIOR SURFACE COLOR: dark grayish-brown

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

WALL THICKNESS (IN MM): neck, 4.2 mm

INTERIOR SURFACE TREATMENT: none

EXTERIOR SURFACE TREATMENT: burnished

HEIGHT (IN CM): 14.0+

ORIFICE DIAMETER (IN CM): 4.4

DIAMETER AT BOTTOM OF RIM OR NECK (IN CM): 5.5; maximum body diameter is 11.5 cm

BASE DIAMETER (IN CM) AND SHAPE OF BASE: 7.6; circular and rounded

ESTIMATED VOLUME (IN LITERS): 0.4+

DECORATION (INCLUDING MOTIF AND ELEMENTS WHEN APPARENT): The top of the vessel body is decorated with three horizontal engraved lines as well as four vertical sets of two rows of two appliqued nodes. The remainder of the vessel body is divided into four panels by engraved brackets with negative ovals, circles, rectangles and S-shaped elements outlined by excised areas; the negative S-shaped element is only present on one of the brackets. Between the brackets are engraved concentric semi-circles on either side of an enclosed small bracket, with extended open or excised arms, with a negative elongated oval-shaped element at its center outlined by excised areas.

PIGMENT USE AND LOCATION ON VESSEL: none

TYPE AND VARIETY (IF KNOWN): Hatchel Engraved

Hatchel Engraved bottle in Burial 15 in Mathews excavations at the Paul Mitchell site (41BW4).

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Keywords

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

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