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Creation Date
2019
Description
VESSEL NO.: Burial 12, Vessel 65; 2003.08.690
NON-PLASTICS AND PASTE: grog and hematite
VESSEL FORM: Jar
RIM AND LIP FORM: Everted rim and rounded lip
CORE COLOR: F (fired in a reducing environment and cooled in the open air)
INTERIOR SURFACE COLOR: reddish-brown; organic residue on the rim and body
EXTERIOR SURFACE COLOR: reddish-brown; fire clouds on the body and base
WALL THICKNESS (RIM, BODY, AND BASE IN MM): rim, 6.3 mm
INTERIOR SURFACE TREATMENT: smoothed
EXTERIOR SURFACE TREATMENT: none
HEIGHT (IN CM): 11.8
ORIFICE DIAMETER (IN CM): 12.1
DIAMETER AT BOTTOM OF RIM OR NECK (IN CM): 9.6
BASE DIAMETER (IN CM) AND SHAPE OF BASE: 8.0; circular and flat
ESTIMATED VOLUME (IN LITERS): 0.86
DECORATION (INCLUDING MOTIF AND ELEMENTS WHEN APPARENT): The rim is decorated with cross-hatched and diagonal opposed incised lines. There are also rows of tool punctates under the lip and at the rim-body juncture.
PIGMENT USE AND LOCATION ON VESSEL: none
TYPE AND VARIETY [IF KNOWN]: Maydelle Incised
Maydelle Incised jar, Frank Smith cemetery, Burial 12, Vessel 65.
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Keywords
American Southwest, Caddo, Ceramic, Pottery, Archaeology, Anthropology
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