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Creation Date
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SITE NAME OR SITE NUMBER: Richard Patton
VESSEL NO.: 41AN26-79
NON-PLASTICS AND PASTE: grog
VESSEL FORM: Globular Bowl
RIM AND LIP FORM: Direct rim and a rounded lip
CORE COLOR: G (fired in a reducing environment and cooled in the open air)
INTERIOR SURFACE COLOR: dark grayish-brown
EXTERIOR SURFACE COLOR: light yellowish-brown
WALL THICKNESS (RIM, BODY, AND BASE IN MM): rim, 5.8 mm
INTERIOR SURFACE TREATMENT: smoothed on the rim and body
EXTERIOR SURFACE TREATMENT: burnished on the rim; patches of smoothing on the body
HEIGHT (IN CM): 11.6
ORIFICE DIAMETER (IN CM): 10.0
DIAMETER AT BOTTOM OF RIM OR NECK (IN CM): 9.4
BASE DIAMETER (IN CM) AND SHAPE OF BASE: 4.0; circular and flat
ESTIMATED VOLUME (IN LITERS): 0.9
DECORATION (INCLUDING MOTIF AND ELEMENTS WHEN APPARENT): The rim panel has four horizontal engraved lines with downward-pointing excised tick marks; the bottom row of tick marks extends onto the vessel body. The vessel body has four sets of engraved concentric spirals with each line of the spirals having outward-pointing tick marks.
PIGMENT USE AND LOCATION ON VESSEL: white pigment in engraved lines
TYPE AND VARIETY [IF KNOWN]: cf. Patton Engraved, var. Fair
Patton Engraved, var. Fair globular bowl from the Richard Patton site.
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Keywords
American Southeast, Caddo, Ceramic, Pottery, Archaeology, Anthropology
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