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41LR2, 23

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2018

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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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