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Creation Date
2018
Description
SITE NAME OR SITE NUMBER: T. M. Sanders
VESSEL NO.: 23
VESSEL FORM: Bottle
NON-PLASTICS AND PASTE: bone
RIM AND LIP FORM: Missing
CORE COLOR: G (fired in a reducing environment and cooled in the open air)
INTERIOR SURFACE COLOR: very dark grayish-brown
EXTERIOR SURFACE COLOR: red; fire clouds on the base
WALL THICKNESS (IN MM): body, 6.8 mm
INTERIOR SURFACE TREATMENT: none
EXTERIOR SURFACE TREATMENT: burnished
HEIGHT (IN CM): 15.0+
ORIFICE DIAMETER (IN CM): 5.1
DIAMETER AT BOTTOM OF RIM OR NECK (IN CM): 5.1; maximum body diameter is 12.7 cm
BASE DIAMETER (IN CM) AND SHAPE OF BASE: 8.3; circular and rounded
ESTIMATED VOLUME (IN LITERS): 0.5+
DECORATION (INCLUDING MOTIF AND ELEMENTS WHEN APPARENT): There is a red slip on the exterior surface of the vessel. There are also four closely-spaced rows of tool punctations at the top of the vessel body.
PIGMENT USE AND LOCATION ON VESSEL: none
TYPE AND VARIETY (IF KNOWN): Maxey Noded Redware
Maxey Noded Redware bottle from the T. M. Sanders site (41LR2).
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Keywords
American Southeast, Caddo, Ceramic, Pottery, Archaeology, Anthropology
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