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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-414 [TX 113/1], B. R. R.
VESSEL FORM: Jar
NON-PLASTICS AND PASTE: grog
RIM AND LIP FORM: Everted rim and rounded lip
CORE COLOR: G (fired in a reducing environment and cooled in the open air)
INTERIOR SURFACE COLOR: black
EXTERIOR SURFACE COLOR: yellowish-brown; fire clouds on the rim, body, and base; organic residue on the rim and upper body
WALL THICKNESS (IN MM): rim, 6.4 mm
INTERIOR SURFACE TREATMENT: smoothed
EXTERIOR SURFACE TREATMENT: smoothed on the body
HEIGHT (IN CM): 20.5
ORIFICE DIAMETER (IN CM): 15.7
DIAMETER AT BOTTOM OF RIM OR NECK (IN CM): 13.5
BASE DIAMETER (IN CM) AND SHAPE OF BASE: 7.5 cm, circular and flat
ESTIMATED VOLUME (IN LITERS): 2.9
DECORATION (INCLUDING MOTIF AND ELEMENTS WHEN APPARENT): The vessel rim has two smoothed over horizontal rows of neck banded as well as four equally-spaced appliqued nodes at mid-rim. The vessel body has four sets of chevron-shaped appliqued ridges. The chevrons extend to within 14.0 cm of the vessel base.
PIGMENT USE AND LOCATION ON VESSEL: none
TYPE AND VARIETY (IF KNOWN): Nash Neck Banded
Nash Neck Banded jar, GTW-414.
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Keywords
American Southwest, Caddo, Ceramic, Pottery, Archaeology, Anthropology
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