Title

41RK132, 2003.08.1139

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

2018

Description

VESSEL NO.: 2003.08.1139; near the left foot

NON-PLASTICS AND PASTE: grog

VESSEL FORM: Carinated bowl with a short rim

RIM AND LIP FORM: Inverted rim and a rounded, exterior folded 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; fire clouds on the rim and body; organic residue on the rim and body

WALL THICKNESS (RIM, BODY, AND BASE IN MM): rim, 7.5 mm; body, 7.4 mm; base, 10.3 mm

INTERIOR SURFACE TREATMENT: smoothed

EXTERIOR SURFACE TREATMENT: burnished

HEIGHT (IN CM): 21.3

ORIFICE DIAMETER (IN CM): 22.0

DIAMETER AT BOTTOM OF RIM OR NECK (IN CM): 22.8

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

ESTIMATED VOLUME (IN LITERS): 4.2

DECORATION (INCLUDING MOTIF AND ELEMENTS WHEN APPARENT): The rim has horizontal panels filled with upper and lower excised pendant triangles. The ends of each panel are excised brackets. Dividing the panels from one another are large cross-hatched engraved brackets.

PIGMENT USE AND LOCATION ON VESSEL: none

TYPE AND VARIETY [IF KNOWN]: Simms Engraved

Simms Engraved carinated bowl near the left foot of the Historic Caddo burial at the Cherokee Lake site.

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Recommended Citation

Perttula, Timothy K. and Selden, Robert Z. Jr., "41RK132, 2003.08.1139" (2018). Index of Texas Archaeology: Simms Engraved. 59.
https://scholarworks.sfasu.edu/ita-simmsengraved/59