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2018

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SITE NAME OR SITE NUMBER: H. R. Taylor

VESSEL NO.: 736, Burial A-56

VESSEL FORM: Carinated bowl, miniature. The vessel is half full of a green clay pigment

NON-PLASTICS AND PASTE: grog

RIM AND LIP FORM: Inverted rim and rounded lip

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

INTERIOR SURFACE COLOR: dark grayish-brown

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

WALL THICKNESS (IN MM): rim, 3.8 mm

INTERIOR SURFACE TREATMENT: none

EXTERIOR SURFACE TREATMENT: smoothed

HEIGHT (IN CM): 3.5

ORIFICE DIAMETER (IN CM): 4.2

DIAMETER AT BOTTOM OF RIM OR NECK (IN CM): 5.8

BASE DIAMETER (IN CM) AND SHAPE OF BASE: 2.3 cm, circular and rounded

ESTIMATED VOLUME (IN LITERS): 0.1

DECORATION (INCLUDING MOTIF AND ELEMENTS WHEN APPARENT): The rim panel has six sets of curvilinear scrolls with rounded ends and hooked arm elements. The upper and lower scroll fill zones have negative ovals defined by vertical excised brackets.

PIGMENT USE AND LOCATION ON VESSEL: none

TYPE AND VARIETY (IF KNOWN): Taylor Engraved

Miniature Taylor Engraved carinated bowl, No. 736, H. R. Taylor site.

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Keywords

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

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