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Creation Date
2020
Description
SITE NAME OR SITE NUMBER: Herrington Collection
VESSEL NO.: 4
VESSEL FORM: Jar
NON-PLASTICS AND PASTE: bone
RIM AND LIP FORM: Direct rim and rounded lip
CORE COLOR: E (incompletely oxidized during firing)
INTERIOR SURFACE COLOR: yellowish-brown
EXTERIOR SURFACE COLOR: reddish-brown; fire clouds on the body and base
WALL THICKNESS (IN MM): rim, 4.4 mm; body, 5.6 mm; base, 6.5 mm
INTERIOR SURFACE TREATMENT: smoothed
EXTERIOR SURFACE TREATMENT: none
HEIGHT (IN CM): 6.6
ORIFICE DIAMETER (IN CM): 9.6
DIAMETER AT BOTTOM OF RIM OR NECK (IN CM): 9.3
BASE DIAMETER (IN CM) AND SHAPE OF BASE: 6.0; circular and flat
ESTIMATED VOLUME (IN LITERS): 0.4
DECORATION (INCLUDING MOTIF AND ELEMENTS WHEN APPARENT): The rim has horizontal brushing marks. The vessel body has a continuous series of vertical pinched ridges that extend from the rim-body juncture to the vessel base.
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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