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Creation Date
2020
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SITE NAME OR SITE NUMBER: George T. Wright Collection, Red River County, Texas
VESSEL NO.: GTW-339 [TX 099/1], B. R. R.
VESSEL FORM: Jar
NON-PLASTICS AND PASTE: shell
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 and body
WALL THICKNESS (IN MM): rim, 3.8 mm
INTERIOR SURFACE TREATMENT: none
EXTERIOR SURFACE TREATMENT: none
HEIGHT (IN CM): 6.8
ORIFICE DIAMETER (IN CM): 6.5
DIAMETER AT BOTTOM OF RIM OR NECK (IN CM): 5.1
BASE DIAMETER (IN CM) AND SHAPE OF BASE: 3.0 cm, circular and convex
ESTIMATED VOLUME (IN LITERS): 0.3
DECORATION (INCLUDING MOTIF AND ELEMENTS WHEN APPARENT): There are four appliqued nodes around the rim. The nodes extend from below the lip to halfway down the rim.
PIGMENT USE AND LOCATION ON VESSEL: none
TYPE AND VARIETY (IF KNOWN): cf. McKinney Plain (see Suhm and Jelks 1962:97)
McKinney Plain jar, GTW-339.
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Keywords
American Southwest, Caddo, Ceramic, Pottery, Archaeology, Anthropology
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