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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-412 [TX 111/1], B. R. R.
VESSEL FORM: Jar
NON-PLASTICS AND PASTE: shell
RIM AND LIP FORM: Everted rim and rounded lip
CORE COLOR: B (fired and cooled in a reducing environment)
INTERIOR SURFACE COLOR: very dark grayish-brown
EXTERIOR SURFACE COLOR: dark grayish-brown
WALL THICKNESS (IN MM): rim, 5.1 mm
INTERIOR SURFACE TREATMENT: smoothed
EXTERIOR SURFACE TREATMENT: smoothed
HEIGHT (IN CM): 20.9
ORIFICE DIAMETER (IN CM): 17.1
DIAMETER AT BOTTOM OF RIM OR NECK (IN CM): 15.6
BASE DIAMETER (IN CM) AND SHAPE OF BASE: 8.5 cm, circular and flat
ESTIMATED VOLUME (IN LITERS): 3.2
DECORATION (INCLUDING MOTIF AND ELEMENTS WHEN APPARENT): The vessel rim has five horizontal rows of neck bands and four equally-spaced bracket-shaped appliqued lugs below the vessel lip. The vessel body has four vertical appliqued fillets that are centered below the lugs.
PIGMENT USE AND LOCATION ON VESSEL: none
TYPE AND VARIETY (IF KNOWN): Nash Neck Banded
Nash Neck Banded jar, GTW-412.
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Keywords
American Southwest, Caddo, Ceramic, Pottery, Archaeology, Anthropology
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