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Creation Date
2019
Description
SITE NAME OR SITE NUMBER: E. W. Hackney
VESSEL NO.: 41CE6-13, Burial AN-2
NON-PLASTICS AND PASTE: grog
VESSEL FORM: Jar or Deep Bowl
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: very dark gray
EXTERIOR SURFACE COLOR: light yellowish-brown; fire clouds on the rim, body, and base
WALL THICKNESS (RIM, BODY, AND BASE IN MM): rim, 5.6 mm
INTERIOR SURFACE TREATMENT: smoothed on the rim and body
EXTERIOR SURFACE TREATMENT: smoothed on the rim and body
HEIGHT (IN CM): 11.4
ORIFICE DIAMETER (IN CM): 8.8
DIAMETER AT BOTTOM OF RIM OR NECK (IN CM): 8.4
BASE DIAMETER (IN CM) AND SHAPE OF BASE: 5.8; circular and flat
ESTIMATED VOLUME (IN LITERS): 0.8
DECORATION (INCLUDING MOTIF AND ELEMENTS WHEN APPARENT): The rim has upper and lower horizontal engraved lines with large excised tick marks that either point upwards or downwards. The horizontal lines are divided into four panels by vertical lines that end in upper and lower excised tick marks. The vessel body has three different concentric circle and semi-circle engraved elements. The first has tick marks on the inner circle; the second has tick marks along the top and sides of the outer semi-circle; and the third has tick marks on a portion of the outer semi-circle.
PIGMENT USE AND LOCATION ON VESSEL: white pigment in the engraved lines
TYPE AND VARIETY [IF KNOWN]: Patton Engraved, var. Freeman or var. Fair
Patton Engraved, var. Freeman or var. Fair vessel from the E. W. Hackney site.
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Keywords
American Southeast, Caddo, Ceramic, Pottery, Archaeology, Anthropology
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