Title

Red River County, Texas, GTW-548 [TX 151/1]

Creator

Timothy K. Perttula, Heritage Research Center, Stephen F. Austin State UniversityFollow
Robert Z. Selden Jr., Heritage Research Center, Stephen F. Austin State UniversityFollow

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Creation Date

2020

Description

SITE NAME OR SITE NUMBER: George T. Wright Collection, Red River County, Texas

VESSEL NO.: GTW-548 [TX 151/1], B. R. R.

VESSEL FORM: Carinated bowl

NON-PLASTICS AND PASTE: shell

RIM AND LIP FORM: Inverted rim and rounded lip

CORE COLOR: B (fired and cooled in a reducing environment)

INTERIOR SURFACE COLOR: dark grayish-brown

EXTERIOR SURFACE COLOR: dark grayish-brown

WALL THICKNESS (IN MM): rim, 4.6 mm

INTERIOR SURFACE TREATMENT: smoothed

EXTERIOR SURFACE TREATMENT: smoothed

HEIGHT (IN CM): 5.9

ORIFICE DIAMETER (IN CM): 8.9

DIAMETER AT BOTTOM OF RIM OR NECK (IN CM): 11.4

BASE DIAMETER (IN CM) AND SHAPE OF BASE: 4.3 cm, circular and convex

ESTIMATED VOLUME (IN LITERS): 0.3

DECORATION (INCLUDING MOTIF AND ELEMENTS WHEN APPARENT): Plain, but with a horizontal grooved or depressed area dividing the upper rim panel from the lower rim panel.

PIGMENT USE AND LOCATION ON VESSEL: none

TYPE AND VARIETY (IF KNOWN): Simms Plain

Simms Plain carinated bowl, GTW-548.

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Recommended Citation

Perttula, Timothy K. and Selden, Robert Z. Jr., "Red River County, Texas, GTW-548 [TX 151/1]" (2020). Index of Texas Archaeology: Simms Engraved. 100.
https://scholarworks.sfasu.edu/ita-simmsengraved/100