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

VESSEL NO.: GTW-468 [TX 128/1], 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; fire clouds on the rim, body, and base

WALL THICKNESS (IN MM): rim, 3.3 mm

INTERIOR SURFACE TREATMENT: smoothed

EXTERIOR SURFACE TREATMENT: burnished

HEIGHT (IN CM): 8.2

ORIFICE DIAMETER (IN CM): 17.0

DIAMETER AT BOTTOM OF RIM OR NECK (IN CM): 18.0

BASE DIAMETER (IN CM) AND SHAPE OF BASE: 7.0 cm, circular and convex

ESTIMATED VOLUME (IN LITERS): 0.8

DECORATION (INCLUDING MOTIF AND ELEMENTS WHEN APPARENT): The upper rim panel has a grooved line, perhaps not a decorative element but a way to differentiate between the upper and lower rim panel. The lower rim panel is defined by a single horizontal engraved line at the top, another horizontal engraved line at the bottom (and just above the carination), and four sets of three vertical engraved lines. The areas between the sets of vertical engraved lines have excised tick marks pendant from the upper and lower horizontal engraved lines with the panel. The rim also has right to left (i.e., from back to front of the lip) notching on the lip.

PIGMENT USE AND LOCATION ON VESSEL: red pigment in the engraved lines

TYPE AND VARIETY (IF KNOWN): Simms Engraved

Simms Engraved carinated bowl, GTW-468: a, side view; b, decorative elements.

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Keywords

American Southwest, Caddo, Ceramic, Pottery, Archaeology, Anthropology

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