Title

Red River County, Texas, GTW-462 [TX 126/1]

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-462 [TX 126/1], B. R. R.

VESSEL FORM: Carinated bowl

NON-PLASTICS AND PASTE: shell

RIM AND LIP FORM: Direct rim and rounded lip

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

INTERIOR SURFACE COLOR: dark grayish-brown; fire clouds on the rim

EXTERIOR SURFACE COLOR: dark grayish-brown

WALL THICKNESS (IN MM): rim, 5.0 mm

INTERIOR SURFACE TREATMENT: smoothed

EXTERIOR SURFACE TREATMENT: burnished

HEIGHT (IN CM): 6.2

ORIFICE DIAMETER (IN CM): 13.8

DIAMETER AT BOTTOM OF RIM OR NECK (IN CM): 14.5

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

ESTIMATED VOLUME (IN LITERS): 0.5

DECORATION (INCLUDING MOTIF AND ELEMENTS WHEN APPARENT): There is a black slip on the exterior vessel surface. The lower rim panel is defined by a single horizontal engraved line; the upper rim panel is plain. The lower rim panel is divided into four areas by sets of three vertical engraved lines (similar to Inscribed 1c Simms Engraved in Dowd ), and there is a discontinuous horizontal engraved line above the vessel carination. The rim also has been notched from right to left on the lip.

PIGMENT USE AND LOCATION ON VESSEL: none

TYPE AND VARIETY (IF KNOWN): Simms Engraved

Simms Engraved carinated bowl, GTW-462.

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Recommended Citation

Perttula, Timothy K. and Selden, Robert Z. Jr., "Red River County, Texas, GTW-462 [TX 126/1]" (2020). Index of Texas Archaeology: Simms Engraved. 107.
https://scholarworks.sfasu.edu/ita-simmsengraved/107