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Creation Date

2018

Description

Vessel 221 (2003.08.696)

NON-PLASTICS AND PASTE: grog

VESSEL FORM: Bottle with a globular body and a short neck

RIM AND LIP FORM: everted rim and a rounded, exterior folded lip

CORE COLOR: B (fired and cooled in a reducing environment)

INTERIOR SURFACE COLOR: dark grayish-brown

EXTERIOR SURFACE COLOR: black

WALL THICKNESS (RIM, BODY, AND BASE IN MM): rim, 6.1 mm

INTERIOR SURFACE TREATMENT: none

EXTERIOR SURFACE TREATMENT: smoothed on the neck

HEIGHT (IN CM): 14.8

ORIFICE DIAMETER (IN CM): 3.6

DIAMETER AT BOTTOM OF RIM OR NECK (IN CM): 4.7; maximum body width is 11.8 cm

BASE DIAMETER (IN CM): 3.0

ESTIMATED VOLUME (IN LITERS): 0.18

DECORATION (INCLUDING MOTIF AND ELEMENTS WHEN APPARENT): The vessel body is covered in four repeating engraved curvilinear scrolls that end in a hooked arm element. On either side of the hooked arm element are concentric curvilinear scrolls that extend from the top of the vessel to just above the base.

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

TYPE [IF KNOWN]: Taylor Engraved

Taylor Engraved bottle, Vessel 221, Burial 38.

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Keywords

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

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