Title

3LA1, V-1949

Creator

Timothy K. Perttula, Heritage Research Center, Stephen F. Austin State UniversityFollow
Robert Z. Selden Jr., Heritage Research Center, Stephen F. Austin State UniversityFollow

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Creation Date

2019

Description

SITE NAME OR SITE NUMBER: Battle Place

CONTEXT INFORMATION: From a grave found in 1938 at the south end of the Battle mound by Simon Cullins while digging a storm cellar. Associated vessels are V-1946 to V-1948 and V-1950 to V-1952.

ACCESSION NO.: 5425-731

VESSEL NO.: V-1949

NON-PLASTICS: grog and leached shell

VESSEL FORM: Carinated bowl

RIM AND LIP FORM: Everted rim and a rounded lip

CORE COLOR: G (fired in a reducing environment and cooled in the open air)

INTERIOR SURFACE COLOR: very dark grayish-brown

EXTERIOR SURFACE COLOR: yellowish-brown

WALL THICKNESS (RIM, BODY, AND BASE IN MM): 5.6 mm, rim

INTERIOR SURFACE TREATMENT: smoothed on the rim and body

EXTERIOR SURFACE TREATMENT: smoothed on the rim and body

HEIGHT (IN CM): 5.8

ORIFICE DIAMETER (IN CM): 11.5

DIAMETER AT BOTTOM OF RIM OR NECK (IN CM): 9.4

BASE DIAMETER (IN CM): N/A, rounded base

ESTIMATED VOLUME (IN LITERS): 0.40 liters

DECORATION: The rim is plain. The vessel body has four engraved concentric spirals.

TYPE: Natchitoches Engraved, var. unspecified. Vessel V-1950 is a very similar Natchitoches Engraved vessel from the same context.

Natchitoches Engraved, var. unspecified carinated bowl (5425-731): a, photograph; b, drawing by Bobby Gonzalez.

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