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Creation Date
2019
Description
SITE NAME OR SITE NUMBER: George T. Wright Collection, Red River County, Texas
VESSEL NO.: GTW-122 [TX 070/1], B. R. R.
VESSEL FORM: Miniature deep bowl
NON-PLASTICS AND PASTE: shell
RIM AND LIP FORM: Everted rim and rounded lip
CORE COLOR: F (fired in a reducing environment and cooled in the open air)
INTERIOR SURFACE COLOR: red
EXTERIOR SURFACE COLOR: red
WALL THICKNESS (IN MM): rim, 5.6 mm
INTERIOR SURFACE TREATMENT: burnished
EXTERIOR SURFACE TREATMENT: burnished
HEIGHT (IN CM): 6.5
ORIFICE DIAMETER (IN CM): 10.2
DIAMETER AT BOTTOM OF RIM OR NECK (IN CM): 7.8
BASE DIAMETER (IN CM) AND SHAPE OF BASE: 5.2 cm, circular and flat
ESTIMATED VOLUME (IN LITERS): 0.5
DECORATION (INCLUDING MOTIF AND ELEMENTS WHEN APPARENT): The rim has a continuous negative curvilinear scroll motif repeated six times around the vessel; the negative scrolls are created by excising selected areas of the red-slipped surface. To either side of the negative scrolls are six small negative circle elements.
PIGMENT USE AND LOCATION ON VESSEL: none
TYPE AND VARIETY (IF KNOWN): Taylor Engraved
Taylor Engraved miniature deep bowl, GTW-122.
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Recommended Citation
Perttula, Timothy K. and Selden, Robert Z. Jr., "Red River County, Texas, GTW-122 [TX 070/1]" (2019). Index of Texas Archaeology: Taylor Engraved. 105.
https://scholarworks.sfasu.edu/ita-taylorengraved/105
Keywords
American Southwest, Caddo, Ceramic, Pottery, Archaeology, Anthropology
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