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Creation Date
2018
Description
Vessel 8 (2003.08.733)
NON-PLASTICS AND PASTE: grog and hematite
VESSEL FORM: Jar
RIM AND LIP FORM: direct rim with a rounded, exterior folded lip
CORE COLOR: A (fired and cooled in an oxidizing environment)
INTERIOR SURFACE COLOR: yellowish-brown
EXTERIOR SURFACE COLOR: yellowish-brown; fire clouding on the lower body and base
WALL THICKNESS (RIM, BODY, AND BASE IN MM): rim, 5.0 mm
INTERIOR SURFACE TREATMENT: none
EXTERIOR SURFACE TREATMENT: none
HEIGHT (IN CM): 9.2
ORIFICE DIAMETER (IN CM): 9.0
DIAMETER AT BOTTOM OF RIM OR NECK (IN CM): N/A
BASE DIAMETER (IN CM): 5.8
ESTIMATED VOLUME (IN LITERS): 0.50
DECORATION (INCLUDING MOTIF AND ELEMENTS WHEN APPARENT): The vessel rim and body are covered by pinched concentric circles. This motif is repeated three times around the vessel.
PIGMENT USE AND LOCATION ON VESSEL: none
TYPE [IF KNOWN]: Killough Pinched
Killough Pinched jar, Vessel 8, Burial 2.
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Keywords
American Southeast, Caddo, Ceramic, Pottery, Archaeology, Anthropology
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