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SITE NAME OR SITE NUMBER: Hatchel (41BW3)

VESSEL NO.: 6-1-13; Burial Plot 1, back dirt

VESSEL FORM: Carinated bowl

NON-PLASTICS AND PASTE: grog

RIM AND LIP FORM: Inverted rim and rounded lip

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

INTERIOR SURFACE COLOR: black

EXTERIOR SURFACE COLOR: black; fire clouds on the rim and body

WALL THICKNESS (IN MM): rim, 2.8 mm; body, 4.2 mm

INTERIOR SURFACE TREATMENT: burnished

EXTERIOR SURFACE TREATMENT: burnished

HEIGHT (IN CM): 2.5

ORIFICE DIAMETER (IN CM): 7.0

DIAMETER AT BOTTOM OF RIM OR NECK (IN CM): 8.4

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

ESTIMATED VOLUME (IN LITERS): 0.1

DECORATION (INCLUDING MOTIF AND ELEMENTS WHEN APPARENT): The rim of the vessel is divided into panels (four, most likely) by cross-hatched engraved brackets. The top and bottom of the panels are marked by single horizontal engraved lines with downward-pointing excised tick marks.

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

TYPE AND VARIETY (IF KNOWN): Simms Engraved

Simms Engraved carinated bowl (6-1-13) in Burial Plot 1 at the Hatchel site. Photograph courtesy of TARL.

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Keywords

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

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