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Creation Date
2019
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SITE NAME OR SITE NUMBER: J. O. and Henry Brown
VESSEL NO.: 2003.08.5, Burial 4, Vessel 8
NON-PLASTICS AND PASTE: bone
VESSEL FORM: Carinated bowl
RIM AND LIP FORM: Direct rim and rounded lip
CORE COLOR: A (fired and cooled in an oxidizing environment)
INTERIOR SURFACE COLOR: light brown; fire clouds on body and base
EXTERIOR SURFACE COLOR: light brown; fire clouds on the rim, body, and base
WALL THICKNESS (RIM, BODY, AND BASE IN MM): rim, 4.7 mm
INTERIOR SURFACE TREATMENT: burnished on the rim, smoothed on the body
EXTERIOR SURFACE TREATMENT: burnished
HEIGHT (IN CM): 11.6
ORIFICE DIAMETER (IN CM): 10.5
DIAMETER AT BOTTOM OF RIM OR NECK (IN CM): 11.9
BASE DIAMETER (IN CM) AND SHAPE OF BASE: 7.8; circular and flat
ESTIMATED VOLUME (IN LITERS): 0.73
DECORATION (INCLUDING MOTIF AND ELEMENTS WHEN APPARENT): The rim has two equally-spaced horizontal engraved lines on the rim, and two more on the upper vessel body. Each horizontal engraved line has a series of excised pendant triangles whose apexes point towards the vessel base.
PIGMENT USE AND LOCATION ON VESSEL: none
TYPE AND VARIETY [IF KNOWN]: Patton Engraved, var. Allen
Patton Engraved, var. Allen carinated bowl, Burial 4, Vessel No. 8, J. O. and Henry Brown site.
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Keywords
American Southwest, Caddo, Ceramic, Pottery, Archaeology, Anthropology
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