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Creation Date
2019
Description
SITE NAME OR SITE NUMBER: Jim P. Allen
VESSEL NO.: 41CE12-185; Burial AH-16
NON-PLASTICS AND PASTE: bone and hematite
VESSEL FORM: Bottle with a short neck
RIM AND LIP FORM: Direct rim and flat lip
CORE COLOR: A (fired and cooled in an oxidizing environment)
INTERIOR SURFACE COLOR: reddish-yellow
EXTERIOR SURFACE COLOR: reddish-yellow; fire clouds on the neck and body
WALL THICKNESS (RIM, BODY, AND BASE IN MM): rim, 7.9 mm
INTERIOR SURFACE TREATMENT: none
EXTERIOR SURFACE TREATMENT: none
HEIGHT (IN CM): 27.3
ORIFICE DIAMETER (IN CM): 5.2
DIAMETER AT BOTTOM OF RIM OR NECK (IN CM): 6.7; 14.2 cm at the widest part of the body
BASE DIAMETER (IN CM) AND SHAPE OF BASE: 9.0; circular and flat
ESTIMATED VOLUME (IN LITERS): 1.0
DECORATION (INCLUDING MOTIF AND ELEMENTS WHEN APPARENT): The bottle neck has four horizontal engraved lines. The vessel body has six narrow engraved zones or bands filled with diagonal hatched lines. These narrow zones or bands end at a single horizontal engraved line near the vessel base.
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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