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SITE NAME OR SITE NUMBER: Jim P. Allen

VESSEL NO.: 41CE12-165; Burial AH-12

NON-PLASTICS AND PASTE: grog and hematite

VESSEL FORM: Globular Bowl

RIM AND LIP FORM: Direct rim and rounded lip

CORE COLOR: A (fired and cooled in an oxidizing environment)

INTERIOR SURFACE COLOR: yellowish-brown; fire clouds on the base

EXTERIOR SURFACE COLOR: brownish-yellow; fire clouds on the rim, body, and base

WALL THICKNESS (RIM, BODY, AND BASE IN MM): rim, 5.3 mm

INTERIOR SURFACE TREATMENT: smoothed on the rim and body

EXTERIOR SURFACE TREATMENT: smoothed on the rim and body

HEIGHT (IN CM): 11.7

ORIFICE DIAMETER (IN CM): 13.1

DIAMETER AT BOTTOM OF RIM OR NECK (IN CM): 14.6 cm at the widest part of the body

BASE DIAMETER (IN CM) AND SHAPE OF BASE: 6.0; circular and flat

ESTIMATED VOLUME (IN LITERS): 1.2

DECORATION (INCLUDING MOTIF AND ELEMENTS WHEN APPARENT): The rim panel is defined by single upper and lower horizontal engraved lines with either downward- or upward-pointing excised tick marks. The panel is divided into three sections by single vertical engraved lines. The vessel body has three sets of engraved concentric circles with outward-pointing tick marks. The sets of concentric circles are divided at their upper ends by large pendant triangles with hatched corners.

PIGMENT USE AND LOCATION ON VESSEL: none

TYPE AND VARIETY [IF KNOWN]: cf. Patton Engraved, var. Freeman

Patton Engraved, var. Freeman globular bowl from the Jim P. Allen site.

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Keywords

American Southeast, Caddo, Ceramic, Pottery, Archaeology, Anthropology

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