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Creation Date
2018
Description
Vessel 116 (2003.08.634)
NON-PLASTICS AND PASTE: grog and hematite
VESSEL FORM: Jar
RIM AND LIP FORM: everted rim and a rounded, exterior folded lip
CORE COLOR: F (fired in a reducing environment and cooled in the open air)
INTERIOR SURFACE COLOR: yellowish-brown; fire clouding on the rim and upper body
EXTERIOR SURFACE COLOR: yellowish-brown; fire clouding on the rim, upper body, and base
WALL THICKNESS (RIM, BODY, AND BASE IN MM): rim, 5.6 mm; body, 6.6 mm
INTERIOR SURFACE TREATMENT: horizontal brushing marks on the rim and upper body
EXTERIOR SURFACE TREATMENT: none
HEIGHT (IN CM): 17.7
ORIFICE DIAMETER (IN CM): 16.0
DIAMETER AT BOTTOM OF RIM OR NECK (IN CM): 13.4
BASE DIAMETER (IN CM): 8.8
ESTIMATED VOLUME (IN LITERS): 2.6
DECORATION (INCLUDING MOTIF AND ELEMENTS WHEN APPARENT): The rim has diagonal incised lines, as well as an occasional set of well-spaced cross-hatched lines. The vessel body has vertical incised lines that start from the rim-body juncture and encircle the body, ending 2.0 cm from the vessel base.
PIGMENT USE AND LOCATION ON VESSEL: none
TYPE [IF KNOWN]: Maydelle Incised
Maydelle Incised jar, Vessel 116, Burial 24.
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Keywords
American Southeast, Caddo, Ceramic, Pottery, Archaeology, Anthropology
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