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2018

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SITE NAME OR SITE NUMBER: Hatchel (41BW3)

VESSEL NO.: 6-3-201; Burial 3 in Zone H of the platform mound

VESSEL FORM: Jar with four small rim peaks or lip tabs

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: reddish-brown; fire clouds on the rim and body

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

WALL THICKNESS (IN MM): rim, 5.8 mm

INTERIOR SURFACE TREATMENT: smoothed

EXTERIOR SURFACE TREATMENT: smoothed on the body

HEIGHT (IN CM): 20.5

ORIFICE DIAMETER (IN CM): 15.2

DIAMETER AT BOTTOM OF RIM OR NECK (IN CM): 14.6

BASE DIAMETER (IN CM) AND SHAPE OF BASE: 8.0 cm; circular and flat

ESTIMATED VOLUME (IN LITERS): 2.8

DECORATION (INCLUDING MOTIF AND ELEMENTS WHEN APPARENT): The vessel rim has been roughened, and there are also four equally-spaced vertical appliqued ridges extending from the rim peaks/lip tabs) to within 1.2 cm of the vessel base.

PIGMENT USE AND LOCATION ON VESSEL: none

TYPE AND VARIETY (IF KNOWN): McKinney Plain

McKinney Plain jar (6-3-201) in Burial 3 in Zone H in the platform mound at the Hatchel site. Photograph courtesy of TARL.

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Keywords

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

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