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Creation Date
2020
Description
SITE NAME OR SITE NUMBER: Herrington Collection
VEESEL NO.: 5
VESSEL FORM: Jar with two strap handles (3.7 x 2.1 cm in length and width)
NON-PLASTICS AND PASTE: grog
RIM AND LIP FORM: Everted rim and a rounded lip
CORE COLOR: F (fired in a reducing environment and cooled in the open air)
INTERIOR SURFACE COLOR: dark yellowish-brown; fire clouds on the rim and body
EXTERIOR SURFACE COLOR: dark yellowish-brown; fire clouds on the rim and body
WALL THICKNESS (IN MM): rim, 5.7 mm
INTERIOR SURFACE TREATMENT: smoothed
EXTERIOR SURFACE TREATMENT: none
HEIGHT (IN CM): 11.5
ORIFICE DIAMETER (IN CM): 11.5
DIAMETER AT BOTTOM OF RIM OR NECK (IN CM): 10.3
BASE DIAMETER (IN CM) AND SHAPE OF BASE: 7.0; circular and flat
ESTIMATED VOLUME (IN LITERS): 0.8
DECORATION (INCLUDING MOTIF AND ELEMENTS WHEN APPARENT): The rim has a series of vertical pinched ridges. The vessel body has vertical brushing marks that extend from the rim-body juncture to within 15 mm of the base. The strap handles are decorated with two vertical pinched ridges.
PIGMENT USE AND LOCATION ON VESSEL: none
TYPE AND VARIETY (IF KNOWN): cf. Killough Pinched
Killough Pinched jar in the Herrington Collection.
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Keywords
American Southwest, Caddo, Ceramic, Pottery, Archaeology, Anthropology
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