Title

3LA1, V-2036

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

2019

Description

SITE NAME OR SITE NUMBER: Wm. Handy Place

CONTEXT INFORMATION: From a grave (Burial 1) in a cemetery excavated by Robert Shelton in 1940. Associated vessels include V-2030 to V-2035 and V-2037 to V-2039.

ACCESSION NO.: 5425-2127

VESSEL NO.: V-2036

NON-PLASTICS: fine grog

VESSEL FORM: Carinated bowl with two rim panels

RIM AND LIP FORM: Everted rim with a rounded lip

CORE COLOR: A (fired and cooled in an oxidizing environment)

INTERIOR SURFACE COLOR: light yellowish-brown

EXTERIOR SURFACE COLOR: light yellowish-brown

WALL THICKNESS (RIM, BODY, AND BASE IN MM): 4.9 mm, rim

INTERIOR SURFACE TREATMENT: smoothed on the rim panels

EXTERIOR SURFACE TREATMENT: burnished on the rim and body

HEIGHT (IN CM): 5.0

ORIFICE DIAMETER (IN CM): 11.9

DIAMETER AT BOTTOM OF RIM OR NECK (IN CM): 8.8

BASE DIAMETER (IN CM): 3.4

ESTIMATED VOLUME (IN LITERS): 0.36 liters

DECORATION: There is a single horizontal engraved line on the upper rim panel, underneath the lip. The lower rim panel has a motif repeated 11 times around the vessel, defined by horizontal engraved lines at the top and bottom of the panel: the motif consists of sets of three closely-spaced vertical engraved lines between hatched triangles pendant from the upper horizontal engraved line.

TYPE: Simms Engraved

Simms Engraved carinated bowl (5425-2127).

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Recommended Citation

Perttula, Timothy K. and Selden, Robert Z. Jr., "3LA1, V-2036" (2019). Index of Texas Archaeology: Simms Engraved. 83.
https://scholarworks.sfasu.edu/ita-simmsengraved/83