Title
Preview
Creation Date
2019
Description
SITE NAME OR SITE NUMBER: Wm. Handy Place
CONTEXT INFORMATION: From a grave (Burial A) in a cemetery excavated in 1940 by Glenn Martin or Robert Shelton. Associated vessels in the grave are V-2090 and V-2091.
ACCESSION NO.: 5425-2023
VESSEL NO.: V-2089
NON-PLASTICS: grog
VESSEL FORM: Carinated bowl
RIM AND LIP FORM: Inverted rim with a rounded and exterior folded lip
CORE COLOR: B (fired and cooled in a low oxygen environment)
INTERIOR SURFACE COLOR: black
EXTERIOR SURFACE COLOR: black
WALL THICKNESS (RIM, BODY, AND BASE IN MM): 5.5 mm, rim
INTERIOR SURFACE TREATMENT: smoothed on the rim and body
EXTERIOR SURFACE TREATMENT: burnished on the rim and body
HEIGHT (IN CM): 8.9
ORIFICE DIAMETER (IN CM): 10.0
DIAMETER AT BOTTOM OF RIM OR NECK (IN CM): 13.2
BASE DIAMETER (IN CM): 7.8
ESTIMATED VOLUME (IN LITERS): 0.53 liters
DECORATION: The rim has four engraved panels defined by upper and lower horizontal engraved lines (both have fine tick marks) and sets of three vertical engraved lines, the last of which also has fine tick marks. Within the panels themselves are seven semi-circular lines that have fine tick marks on them.
TYPE: Means Engraved
Means Engraved carinated bowl (5425-2023): a, photograph; b, drawing by Bobby Gonzalez.
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Keywords
American Southwest, Caddo, Ceramic, Pottery, Archaeology, Anthropology
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