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2018

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SITE NAME OR SITE NUMBER: H. R. Taylor

VESSEL NO.: 53, Burial A-6

VESSEL FORM: Miniature jar with rim peaks; there are also two suspension holes (4.0 mm in diameter) on the rim.

NON-PLASTICS AND PASTE: grog and bone

RIM AND LIP FORM: Direct rim and rounded lip

CORE COLOR: F (fired in a reducing environment and cooled in the open air)

INTERIOR SURFACE COLOR: yellowish-brown

EXTERIOR SURFACE COLOR: yellowish-brown

WALL THICKNESS (IN MM): rim, 5.2 mm

INTERIOR SURFACE TREATMENT: none

EXTERIOR SURFACE TREATMENT: none

HEIGHT (IN CM): 4.7

ORIFICE DIAMETER (IN CM): 5.4

DIAMETER AT BOTTOM OF RIM OR NECK (IN CM): 5.2

BASE DIAMETER (IN CM) AND SHAPE OF BASE: 3.0, circular and flat

ESTIMATED VOLUME (IN LITERS): 0.15

DECORATION (INCLUDING MOTIF AND ELEMENTS WHEN APPARENT): The rim panel has an open negative continuous scroll motif that has excised punctations running down its center line. There are a series of large upper and lower triangular elements that are filled with vertical hatched lines.

PIGMENT USE AND LOCATION ON VESSEL: none

TYPE AND VARIETY (IF KNOWN): Simms Engraved

Simms Engraved jar, No. 53, from Burial A-6 at the H. R. Taylor site.

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Keywords

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

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