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Creation Date
2019
Description
VESSEL NO.: 3-30-85
VESSEL FORM: Jar
NON-PLASTICS AND PASTE: bone and 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; organic residue on the body
WALL THICKNESS (IN MM): rim, 6.5 mm
INTERIOR SURFACE TREATMENT: smoothed
EXTERIOR SURFACE TREATMENT: none
HEIGHT (IN CM): 31.6
ORIFICE DIAMETER (IN CM): 34.7
DIAMETER AT BOTTOM OF RIM OR NECK (IN CM): 28.6
BASE DIAMETER (IN CM) AND SHAPE OF BASE: 11.4; circular and flat
ESTIMATED VOLUME (IN LITERS): 14.3
DECORATION (INCLUDING MOTIF AND ELEMENTS WHEN APPARENT): The rim of the vessel is plain. The vessel body has four sets of appliqued ridge triangles pendant from the rim-body juncture. These appliqued triangles have a series of short diagonal appliqued ridges. The appliqued triangle elements are divided by four vertical appliqued ridges that extend from the rim-body juncture to near the vessel base.
PIGMENT USE AND LOCATION ON VESSEL: none
TYPE AND VARIETY (IF KNOWN): cf. McKinney Plain
cf. McKinney Plain jar.
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Keywords
American Southwest, Caddo, Ceramic, Pottery, Archaeology, Anthropology
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