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Description
SITE NAME OR SITE NUMBER: Jim P. Allen site
VESSEL NO.: 41CE12-192; Burial AN-17
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: brown
EXTERIOR SURFACE COLOR: yellowish-brown; fire clouds on the rim and body
WALL THICKNESS (RIM, BODY, AND BASE IN MM): rim, 6.1 mm
INTERIOR SURFACE TREATMENT: smoothed on the rim and body
EXTERIOR SURFACE TREATMENT: smoothed on the rim and body
HEIGHT (IN CM): 18.3
ORIFICE DIAMETER (IN CM): 25.9
DIAMETER AT BOTTOM OF RIM OR NECK (IN CM): 27.4 cm at the widest part of the body
BASE DIAMETER (IN CM) AND SHAPE OF BASE: 7.5; circular and flat
ESTIMATED VOLUME (IN LITERS): 4.4
DECORATION (INCLUDING MOTIF AND ELEMENTS WHEN APPARENT): The rim panel is decorated with single upper and lower horizontal engraved lines. The panel is divided into nine rectangular sections by a series of excised vertical brackets. The vessel body has vertical and diagonal brushing marks.
PIGMENT USE AND LOCATION ON VESSEL: red pigment in engraved lines
TYPE AND VARIETY [IF KNOWN]: Poynor Engraved, var. Hood
Poynor Engraved, var. Hood globular bowl from the Jim P. Allen site.
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Recommended Citation
Perttula, Timothy K. and Selden, Robert Z. Jr., "41CE12-192, Burial AH-17" (2019). Index of Texas Archaeology: Poynor Engraved. 3.
https://scholarworks.sfasu.edu/ita-poynorengraved/3
Keywords
American Southeast, Caddo, Ceramic, Pottery, Archaeology, Anthropology
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