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Creation Date
2018
Description
SITE NAME OR SITE NUMBER: R. L. Jowell Farm
VESSEL NO.: 41AN13-6
NON-PLASTICS AND PASTE: grog and hematite; fine sandy paste
VESSEL FORM: Carinated bowl
RIM AND LIP FORM: Inverted rim and a rounded lip
CORE COLOR: A (fired and cooled in an oxidizing environment)
INTERIOR SURFACE COLOR: pale brown
EXTERIOR SURFACE COLOR: light yellowish-brown
WALL THICKNESS (RIM, BODY, AND BASE IN MM): rim, 4.8 mm; body, 5.3 mm
INTERIOR SURFACE TREATMENT: smoothed on the rim and body
EXTERIOR SURFACE TREATMENT: smoothed on the rim and body
HEIGHT (IN CM): 17.5
ORIFICE DIAMETER (IN CM): 23.4
DIAMETER AT BOTTOM OF RIM OR NECK (IN CM): 24.5
BASE DIAMETER (IN CM) AND SHAPE OF BASE: 6.2; circular and flat
ESTIMATED VOLUME (IN LITERS): 3.7
DECORATION (INCLUDING MOTIF AND ELEMENTS WHEN APPARENT): The rim panel has single upper and lower horizontal engraved lines with tick marks, and the panel is divided into four parts by open brackets with inward-pointing tick marks on both sides of the brackets. Each of the four parts have upper and lower sets of four closely-spaced curvilinear hooked arm elements, and the outer line of the set has outward-pointing tick marks. The vessel body is covered vertical horizontal brushed marks.
PIGMENT USE AND LOCATION ON VESSEL: white pigment in engraved lines
TYPE AND VARIETY [IF KNOWN]: Patton Engraved, var. Patton
Patton Engraved, var. Patton carinated bowl from the R. L. Jowell farm site.
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Keywords
American Southeast, Caddo, Ceramic, Pottery, Archaeology, Anthropology
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