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Creation Date
2019
Description
SITE NAME OR SITE NUMBER: Jim P. Allen
VESSEL NO.: 41CE12-194; Burial AH-18
NON-PLASTICS AND PASTE: grog and hematite
VESSEL FORM: Bottle with a collared neck, cylindrical body, and short neck
RIM AND LIP FORM: Direct rim and rounded lip
CORE COLOR: A (fired and cooled in an oxidizing environment)
INTERIOR SURFACE COLOR: brownish-yellow
EXTERIOR SURFACE COLOR: brownish-yellow; fire clouds on the base
WALL THICKNESS (RIM, BODY, AND BASE IN MM): rim, 5.8 mm
INTERIOR SURFACE TREATMENT: none
EXTERIOR SURFACE TREATMENT: smoothed on the rim and body
HEIGHT (IN CM): 26.5
ORIFICE DIAMETER (IN CM): 4.1
DIAMETER AT BOTTOM OF RIM OR NECK (IN CM): 15.8 cm at the widest point on the vessel body
BASE DIAMETER (IN CM) AND SHAPE OF BASE: 8.5; circular and flat
ESTIMATED VOLUME (IN LITERS): 0.9
DECORATION (INCLUDING MOTIF AND ELEMENTS WHEN APPARENT): There is a single horizontal engraved line at the top of the vessel body and below the vessel collar, and another horizontal line near the base. There are four narrow vertical zones or bands between the two horizontal engraved lines, and they are filled with cross-hatched engraved lines.
PIGMENT USE AND LOCATION ON VESSEL: none
TYPE AND VARIETY [IF KNOWN]: Hume Engraved, var. Hume
Hume Engraved, var. Hume bottle from the Jim P. Allen site.
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Keywords
American Southeast, Caddo, Ceramic, Pottery, Archaeology, Anthropology
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