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SITE NAME OR SITE NUMBER: H. R. Taylor

VESSEL NO.: 242, Burial A-20

VESSEL FORM: Jar

NON-PLASTICS AND PASTE: grog

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: yellowish-brown; fire clouds on the rim, body, and base

EXTERIOR SURFACE COLOR: yellowish-brown; fire clouds on the rim, body, and base

WALL THICKNESS (IN MM): rim, 6.7 mm

INTERIOR SURFACE TREATMENT: smoothed

EXTERIOR SURFACE TREATMENT: none

HEIGHT (IN CM): 24.0

ORIFICE DIAMETER (IN CM): 22.0

DIAMETER AT BOTTOM OF RIM OR NECK (IN CM): 21.4

BASE DIAMETER (IN CM) AND SHAPE OF BASE: 6.5 cm, circular and flat

ESTIMATED VOLUME (IN LITERS): 6.8

DECORATION (INCLUDING MOTIF AND ELEMENTS WHEN APPARENT): The rim has incised alternate nested triangle elements filled with diagonal incised lines pitched in opposing directions; there is also a single row of tool punctations at the rim-body juncture. The vessel body has vertical brushed-incised marks and lines that extend to within 4.0 cm of the base.

PIGMENT USE AND LOCATION ON VESSEL: none

TYPE AND VARIETY (IF KNOWN): Maydelle Incised

Maydelle Incised jar, No. 242, H. R. Taylor site.

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Keywords

American Southeast, Caddo, Ceramic, Pottery, Archaeology, Anthropology

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