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Creation Date
2019
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SITE NAME OR SITE NUMBER: R. L. Jowell
VESSEL NO.: 41AN13-9
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: pink; fire clouds on the body and base
WALL THICKNESS (RIM, BODY, AND BASE IN MM): rim, 4.8 mm
INTERIOR SURFACE TREATMENT: smoothed on the rim
EXTERIOR SURFACE TREATMENT: smoothed on the rim and body
HEIGHT (IN CM): 7.2
ORIFICE DIAMETER (IN CM): 10.2
DIAMETER AT BOTTOM OF RIM OR NECK (IN CM): 9.7
BASE DIAMETER (IN CM) AND SHAPE OF BASE: 5.0
ESTIMATED VOLUME (IN LITERS): 0.3
DECORATION (INCLUDING MOTIF AND ELEMENTS WHEN APPARENT): The rim has upper and lower horizontal engraved lines with triangular tick marks. The vessel body two spirals and hooked arm motifs with outward-pointing tick marks on the engraved lines as well as a single concentric circle motif with outward-pointing tick marks along each concentric circle.
PIGMENT USE AND LOCATION ON VESSEL: red pigment in engraved lines
TYPE AND VARIETY [IF KNOWN]: cf. Patton Engraved, var. Freeman
Patton Engraved, var. Freeman globular bowl from the R. L. Jowell site.
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Keywords
American Southeast, Caddo, Ceramic, Pottery, Archaeology, Anthropology
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