Title
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Creation Date
2019
Description
SITE NAME OR SITE NUMBER: Jim P. Allen
VESSEL NO.: 41CE12-193; Burial AH-18
NON-PLASTICS AND PASTE: grog and hematite
VESSEL FORM: Bottle with a cylindrical body and short neck
RIM AND LIP FORM: Direct rim and flat 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 body
WALL THICKNESS (RIM, BODY, AND BASE IN MM): rim, 6.2 mm
INTERIOR SURFACE TREATMENT: none
EXTERIOR SURFACE TREATMENT: smoothed on the rim and body
HEIGHT (IN CM): 19.6
ORIFICE DIAMETER (IN CM): 4.1
DIAMETER AT BOTTOM OF RIM OR NECK (IN CM): 5.1; 11.0 cm at the widest point on the body
BASE DIAMETER (IN CM) AND SHAPE OF BASE: 7.7; circular and flat
ESTIMATED VOLUME (IN LITERS): 0.6
DECORATION (INCLUDING MOTIF AND ELEMENTS WHEN APPARENT): There is a single horizontal engraved line at the top of the vessel body, and another horizontal line near the base. The topmost engraved line has a series of large downward-pointing excised triangles. 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. unspecified
Hume Engraved, var. unspecified bottle from the Jim P. Allen site.
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Keywords
American Southeast, Caddo, Ceramic, Pottery, Archaeology, Anthropology
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