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SITE NAME OR SITE NUMBER: Pierce Freeman

VESSEL NO.: 41AN34-22; Burial D-3

NON-PLASTICS AND PASTE: grog and hematite

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: pale brown

EXTERIOR SURFACE COLOR: pale brown; fire clouds on the rim and body

WALL THICKNESS (RIM, BODY, AND BASE IN MM): rim, 6.9 mm

INTERIOR SURFACE TREATMENT: smoothed on the rim

EXTERIOR SURFACE TREATMENT: none

HEIGHT (IN CM): 11.0

ORIFICE DIAMETER (IN CM): 17.9

DIAMETER AT BOTTOM OF RIM OR NECK (IN CM): 17.9

BASE DIAMETER (IN CM) AND SHAPE OF BASE: 7.6; circular and flat

ESTIMATED VOLUME (IN LITERS): 1.2

DECORATION (INCLUDING MOTIF AND ELEMENTS WHEN APPARENT): the rim panel is defined by single upper and lower horizontal engraved lines. On the panel itself are a series of three sets of opposed curvilinear engraved lines. These sets are divided by sets of two closely-spaced curvilinear arcing engraved lines.

PIGMENT USE AND LOCATION ON VESSEL: none

TYPE AND VARIETY [IF KNOWN]: Poynor Engraved, var. Cook

Poynor Engraved, var. Cook carinated bowl from the Pierce Freeman site.

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Keywords

American Southeast, Caddo, Ceramic, Pottery, Archaeology, Anthropology

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