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Creation Date
2020
Description
SITE NAME OR SITE NUMBER: George T. Wright Collection, Red River County, Texas
VESSEL NO.: GTW-210 [TX 081/1], S. R. R. [Surface, Red River County]
VESSEL FORM: Bottle with a spool neck
NON-PLASTICS AND PASTE: shell
RIM AND LIP FORM: Everted rim and rounded lip
CORE COLOR: G (fired in a reducing environment and cooled in the open air)
INTERIOR SURFACE COLOR: dark grayish-brown
EXTERIOR SURFACE COLOR: brown; fire clouds on the rim, body, and base
WALL THICKNESS (IN MM): rim, 5.1 mm
INTERIOR SURFACE TREATMENT: none
EXTERIOR SURFACE TREATMENT: burnished
HEIGHT (IN CM): 14.3
ORIFICE DIAMETER (IN CM): 3.7
DIAMETER AT BOTTOM OF RIM OR NECK (IN CM): 4.0; maximum body diameter: 9.9 cm
BASE DIAMETER (IN CM) AND SHAPE OF BASE: 3.1 cm, circular and rounded
ESTIMATED VOLUME (IN LITERS): 0.2
DECORATION (INCLUDING MOTIF AND ELEMENTS WHEN APPARENT): The vessel body has a series of four curvilinear and interlocking engraved scrolls filled with incised lines pitched in different decorations. Surrounding the vessel base are a series of four scroll elements and a large negative circle. The vessel also has a right to left lip notched rim.
PIGMENT USE AND LOCATION ON VESSEL: none
TYPE AND VARIETY (IF KNOWN): Hudson Engraved
Hudson Engraved bottle with a spool neck, GTW-210.
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Keywords
American Southwest, Caddo, Ceramic, Pottery, Archaeology, Anthropology
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