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Creation Date
2018
Description
SITE NAME OR SITE NUMBER: H. R. Taylor
VESSEL NO.: 836, Burial A-63
VESSEL FORM: Bottle
NON-PLASTICS AND PASTE: grog
RIM AND LIP FORM: Direct rim and rounded lip
CORE COLOR: G (fired in a reducing environment and cooled in the open air)
INTERIOR SURFACE COLOR: very dark grayish-brown
EXTERIOR SURFACE COLOR: brown; fire clouds on the rim, body, and base
WALL THICKNESS (IN MM): rim, 7.0 mm
INTERIOR SURFACE TREATMENT: none
EXTERIOR SURFACE TREATMENT: burnished
HEIGHT (IN CM): 25.8
ORIFICE DIAMETER (IN CM): 4.7
DIAMETER AT BOTTOM OF RIM OR NECK (IN CM): 7.2; maximum body diameter: 17.6 cm
BASE DIAMETER (IN CM) AND SHAPE OF BASE: 6.0 cm, circular and rounded
ESTIMATED VOLUME (IN LITERS): 0.6
DECORATION (INCLUDING MOTIF AND ELEMENTS WHEN APPARENT): The vessel body has four sets of engraved concentric circles and spirals that end in hooked arms that do not meet. The concentric circles are divided by upper and lower triangular elements with inner triangles, at least one of which has hatched apexes.
PIGMENT USE AND LOCATION ON VESSEL: none
TYPE AND VARIETY (IF KNOWN): Taylor Engraved
Taylor Engraved bottle (No. 836), H. R. Taylor site.
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Recommended Citation
Perttula, Timothy K. and Selden, Robert Z. Jr., "41HS3, 836, Burial A-63" (2018). Index of Texas Archaeology: Taylor Engraved. 26.
https://scholarworks.sfasu.edu/ita-taylorengraved/26
Keywords
American Southeast, Caddo, Ceramic, Pottery, Archaeology, Anthropology
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