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SITE NAME OR SITE NUMBER: H. R. Taylor

VESSEL NO.: 842, Burial A-63

VESSEL FORM: Carinated bowl

NON-PLASTICS AND PASTE: grog

RIM AND LIP FORM: Inverted rim and rounded lip

CORE COLOR: F (fired in a reducing environment and cooled in the open air)

INTERIOR SURFACE COLOR: reddish-brown; fire clouds on the body and base

EXTERIOR SURFACE COLOR: reddish-brown; fire clouds on the rim, body, and base

WALL THICKNESS (IN MM): rim, 7.9 mm

INTERIOR SURFACE TREATMENT: smoothed

EXTERIOR SURFACE TREATMENT: smoothed

HEIGHT (IN CM): 12.8

ORIFICE DIAMETER (IN CM): 22.5

DIAMETER AT BOTTOM OF RIM OR NECK (IN CM): 23.4

BASE DIAMETER (IN CM) AND SHAPE OF BASE: 7.0 cm, circular and flat

ESTIMATED VOLUME (IN LITERS): 1.7

DECORATION (INCLUDING MOTIF AND ELEMENTS WHEN APPARENT): The rim panel has seven repeating engraved slanting scrolls with rounded ends and hooked arm elements. The upper and lower scroll fill zones have a series of negative ovals defined by excised vertical bracket elements.

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

TYPE AND VARIETY (IF KNOWN): Taylor Engraved

Taylor Engraved carinated bowl (No. 842) in Burial A-63 at the H. R. Taylor site.

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Keywords

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

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