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2018

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SITE NAME OR SITE NUMBER: Clements

VESSEL NO.: X2, unknown context

VESSEL FORM: Carinated bowl

NON-PLASTICS AND PASTE: grog

RIM AND LIP FORM: Inverted-direct rim and rounded lip; lip-notched

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

INTERIOR SURFACE COLOR: very dark gray

EXTERIOR SURFACE COLOR: black

WALL THICKNESS (IN MM): rim, 4.8 mm; body, 4.8 mm

INTERIOR SURFACE TREATMENT: smoothed

EXTERIOR SURFACE TREATMENT: burnished

HEIGHT (IN CM): 7.0

ORIFICE DIAMETER (IN CM): 14.6

DIAMETER AT BOTTOM OF RIM OR NECK (IN CM): 16.5

BASE DIAMETER (IN CM) AND SHAPE OF BASE: N/A

ESTIMATED VOLUME (IN LITERS): 0.61

DECORATION (INCLUDING MOTIF AND ELEMENTS WHEN APPARENT): The rim is divided into four panels with an upper horizontal engraved line and a central horizontal to vertical engraved line; these lines have downward-pointing excised tick marks. The ends of the panels are marked by single vertical engraved lines. Between the panels are vertical zones filled with vertical hatched lines.

PIGMENT USE AND LOCATION ON VESSEL: none

TYPE AND VARIETY (IF KNOWN): Simms Engraved

Simms Engraved carinated bowl (Vessel No. X-2) in unknown context at the Clements site.

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Keywords

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

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