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2019

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SITE NAME OR SITE NUMBER: Jim P. Allen

VESSEL NO.: 41CE12-12; Burial AH-3

NON-PLASTICS AND PASTE: grog and hematite; fine sandy paste

VESSEL FORM: Bottle with 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: strong brown

EXTERIOR SURFACE COLOR: strong brown; fire clouds on the neck and body

WALL THICKNESS (RIM, BODY, AND BASE IN MM): neck, 6.3 mm

INTERIOR SURFACE TREATMENT: none

EXTERIOR SURFACE TREATMENT: smoothed on the rim and body

HEIGHT (IN CM): 30.0

ORIFICE DIAMETER (IN CM): 4.2

DIAMETER AT BOTTOM OF RIM OR NECK (IN CM): 5.1; 14.7 cm at its widest point on the body

BASE DIAMETER (IN CM) AND SHAPE OF BASE: 8.4; circular and flat

ESTIMATED VOLUME (IN LITERS): 1.1

DECORATION (INCLUDING MOTIF AND ELEMENTS WHEN APPARENT): There are single horizontal engraved lines below the bottle neck and above the base. The upper horizontal engraved line has a series of cross-hatched engraved pendant triangles. Between the two horizontal lines are four vertical engraved bands 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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