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Creation Date
2019
Description
SITE NAME OR SITE NUMBER: Jim P. Allen
VESSEL NO.: 41CE12-195
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: very pale brown; fire clouds on the base
EXTERIOR SURFACE COLOR: very pale brown; fire clouds on the rim, body, and base
WALL THICKNESS (RIM, BODY, AND BASE IN MM): rim, 4.1 mm
INTERIOR SURFACE TREATMENT: smoothed on the rim and body
EXTERIOR SURFACE TREATMENT: smoothed on the rim and body
HEIGHT (IN CM): 9.9
ORIFICE DIAMETER (IN CM): 10.1
DIAMETER AT BOTTOM OF RIM OR NECK (IN CM): 10.5
BASE DIAMETER (IN CM) AND SHAPE OF BASE: 7.8; circular and flat
ESTIMATED VOLUME (IN LITERS): 0.8
DECORATION (INCLUDING MOTIF AND ELEMENTS WHEN APPARENT): The rim has four horizontal engraved lines with downward-pointing excised tick marks. The vessel body has four sets of three closely-spaced diagonal engraved lines that extend from the rim to the base. The two outer engraved lines have outward-pointing excised tick marks on them.
PIGMENT USE AND LOCATION ON VESSEL: white pigment in the engraved lines
TYPE AND VARIETY [IF KNOWN]: Patton Engraved, var. unspecified
Patton Engraved, var. unspecified globular bowl from the Jim P. Allen site.
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Keywords
American Southeast, Caddo, Ceramic, Pottery, Archaeology, Anthropology
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