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Creation Date
2019
Description
SITE NAME OR SITE NUMBER: Jim P. Allen
VESSEL NO.: 41CE12-10; Burial AH-2
NON-PLASTICS AND PASTE: grog and hematite; fine sandy paste
VESSEL FORM: Cylindrical bottle [with a short neck]
RIM AND LIP FORM: N/A
CORE COLOR: A (fired and cooled in an oxidizing environment)
INTERIOR SURFACE COLOR: reddish-yellow
EXTERIOR SURFACE COLOR: reddish-yellow
WALL THICKNESS (RIM, BODY, AND BASE IN MM): neck, 5.2 mm
INTERIOR SURFACE TREATMENT: none
EXTERIOR SURFACE TREATMENT: smoothed on the body
HEIGHT (IN CM): 10.0 cm body height
ORIFICE DIAMETER (IN CM): 3.5
DIAMETER AT BOTTOM OF RIM OR NECK (IN CM): N/A
BASE DIAMETER (IN CM) AND SHAPE OF BASE: 6.8; circular and flat
ESTIMATED VOLUME (IN LITERS): N/A
DECORATION (INCLUDING MOTIF AND ELEMENTS WHEN APPARENT): The vessel body has four vertical bands or narrow zones around the vessel that are filled with cross-hatched engraved lines. The bands run between single upper and lower horizontal engraved lines.
PIGMENT USE AND LOCATION ON VESSEL: red pigment in engraved lines
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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