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Creation Date
2019
Description
SITE NAME OR SITE NUMBER: Jim P. Allen
VESSEL NO.: 41CE12-168; Burial AH-13
NON-PLASTICS AND PASTE: grog and hematite
VESSEL FORM: Bottle with a cylindrical body and a short neck
RIM AND LIP FORM: Direct rim and rounded lip
CORE COLOR: A (fired and cooled in an oxidizing environment)
INTERIOR SURFACE COLOR: light yellowish-brown
EXTERIOR SURFACE COLOR: light yellowish-brown
WALL THICKNESS (RIM, BODY, AND BASE IN MM): rim, 5.5 mm
INTERIOR SURFACE TREATMENT: none
EXTERIOR SURFACE TREATMENT: smoothed on the rim and body
HEIGHT (IN CM): 27.9
ORIFICE DIAMETER (IN CM): 4.0
DIAMETER AT BOTTOM OF RIM OR NECK (IN CM): 5.1; 16.8 cm at the widest point on the body
BASE DIAMETER (IN CM) AND SHAPE OF BASE: 9.4; circular and flat
ESTIMATED VOLUME (IN LITERS): 1.1
DECORATION (INCLUDING MOTIF AND ELEMENTS WHEN APPARENT): There are single horizontal engraved lines at the top of the bottle body and near the vessel base. Between these lines are four narrow engraved zones/bands 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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