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Creation Date
2019
Description
SITE NAME OR SITE NUMBER: H. C. Slider
VESSEL NO.: 2003.08.24, Burial 2, Vessel 3
NON-PLASTICS AND PASTE: grog
VESSEL FORM: Jar with two strap handles; the strap handles measure 43 x 23 mm in height and width
RIM AND LIP FORM: Everted rim and a rounded, exterior folded lip
CORE COLOR: B (fired and cooled in a reducing environment)
INTERIOR SURFACE COLOR: very dark grayish-brown
EXTERIOR SURFACE COLOR: dark grayish-brown
WALL THICKNESS (RIM, BODY, AND BASE IN MM): rim, 5.5 mm
INTERIOR SURFACE TREATMENT: smoothed
EXTERIOR SURFACE TREATMENT: none
HEIGHT (IN CM): 11.5
ORIFICE DIAMETER (IN CM): 10.8
DIAMETER AT BOTTOM OF RIM OR NECK (IN CM): 10.4
BASE DIAMETER (IN CM) AND SHAPE OF BASE: 7.7; flat and circular
ESTIMATED VOLUME (IN LITERS): 1.2
DECORATION (INCLUDING MOTIF AND ELEMENTS WHEN APPARENT): There are six horizontal rows of pinching on the rim, divided by either strap handles (with horizontal pinched decorations on them) or two sets of four vertical pinched rows. The vessel body has four pinched concentric circles divided by upper and lower incised chevron-shaped elements.
PIGMENT USE AND LOCATION ON VESSEL: none
TYPE AND VARIETY [IF KNOWN]: Killough Pinched
Killough Pinched jar, Burial 2, Vessel 3.
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Keywords
American Southwest, Caddo, Ceramic, Pottery, Archaeology, Anthropology
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