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Creation Date
2019
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SITE NAME OR SITE NUMBER: R. L. Jowell Farm
VESSEL NO.: 41AN13-11
NON-PLASTICS AND PASTE: grog-hematite; fine sandy paste
VESSEL FORM: cut-down Carinated Bowl. This may also be a kahwis, or a ceramic vessel used as a mold for vessel manufacture.
RIM AND LIP FORM: N/A
CORE COLOR: F (fired in a reducing environment and cooled in the open air)
INTERIOR SURFACE COLOR: light brown; fire clouding
EXTERIOR SURFACE COLOR: very pale brown; fire clouding
WALL THICKNESS (RIM, BODY, AND BASE IN MM): rim, 4.7 mm
INTERIOR SURFACE TREATMENT: smoothed on the body
EXTERIOR SURFACE TREATMENT: smoothed on the body
HEIGHT (IN CM): 6.3+
ORIFICE DIAMETER (IN CM): 13.5
DIAMETER AT BOTTOM OF RIM OR NECK (IN CM): 14.0
BASE DIAMETER (IN CM) AND SHAPE OF BASE: 5.0; circular-flat
ESTIMATED VOLUME (IN LITERS): 0.5
DECORATION (INCLUDING MOTIF AND ELEMENTS WHEN APPARENT): The vessel has three sets of engraved spirals that end in a hooked arm element. Each line of the spirals has outward-pointing tick marks.
PIGMENT USE AND LOCATION ON VESSEL: white pigment in engraved lines
TYPE AND VARIETY [IF KNOWN]: Patton Engraved, var. Freeman
Cut-down Patton Engraved, var. Freeman carinated bowl from the R. L. Jowell site.
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Keywords
American Southeast, Caddo, Ceramic, Pottery, Archaeology, Anthropology
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