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Creation Date
2019
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SITE NAME OR SITE NUMBER: Wm. Handy Place
CONTEXT INFORMATION: From a grave (Burial A) in a cemetery excavated in the fall of 1941. A clay pipe (P-257) was also found in the grave (this pipe was not documented in the present study)
ACCESSION NO.: 5425-2032
VESSEL NO.: V-2334
NON-PLASTICS: grog
VESSEL FORM: Bottle with a globular body and a straight neck
RIM AND LIP FORM: Direct rim with a flat lip
CORE COLOR: A (fired and cooled in an oxidizing environment)
INTERIOR SURFACE COLOR: pinkish gray
EXTERIOR SURFACE COLOR: pinkish gray
WALL THICKNESS (RIM, BODY, AND BASE IN MM): 6.3 mm, rim
INTERIOR SURFACE TREATMENT: none
EXTERIOR SURFACE TREATMENT: burnished on the neck and the body
HEIGHT (IN CM): 22.0
ORIFICE DIAMETER (IN CM): 5.2
DIAMETER AT BOTTOM OF RIM OR NECK (IN CM): 6.6; 13.5 cm at the widest part of the body
BASE DIAMETER (IN CM): 8.0
ESTIMATED VOLUME (IN LITERS): 0.70 liters
DECORATION: Three very closely-spaced horizontal engraved lines encircling the top of the vessel body.
TYPE: Hickory Engraved
Hickory Engraved bottle (5425-2032).
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Keywords
American Southeast, Caddo, Ceramic, Pottery, Archaeology, Anthropology
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