Title

41UR320, Burial 1, Vessel 5; 2003.08.64

Creator

Timothy K. Perttula, Heritage Research Center, Stephen F. Austin State UniversityFollow
Robert Z. Selden Jr., Heritage Research Center, Stephen F. Austin State UniversityFollow

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Creation Date

2019

Description

VESSEL NO.: Burial 1, Vessel 5; 2003.08.64

NON-PLASTICS AND PASTE: grog

VESSEL FORM: Conjoined carinated bowl and bowl (Figure 171), with two sets of two suspension holes near the carinated bowl rim

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

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

INTERIOR SURFACE COLOR: red

EXTERIOR SURFACE COLOR: red; fire clouds on the base

WALL THICKNESS (RIM, BODY, AND BASE IN MM): rim, 4.1 mm

INTERIOR SURFACE TREATMENT: smoothed

EXTERIOR SURFACE TREATMENT: smoothed

HEIGHT (IN CM): 10.0

ORIFICE DIAMETER (IN CM): 11.7

DIAMETER AT BOTTOM OF RIM OR NECK (IN CM): 12.1

BASE DIAMETER (IN CM) AND SHAPE OF BASE: 5.7; circular and rounded

ESTIMATED VOLUME (IN LITERS): 0.70

DECORATION (INCLUDING MOTIF AND ELEMENTS WHEN APPARENT): The vessel has a red slip on both interior and exterior surfaces. The carinated bowl portion of the conjoined vessel has two stacks of engraved scrolls that are both repeated four times around the vessel. The scrolls end in hooked arms, and are divided from each other by a single vertical engraved line. The upper and lower scroll fill zones for both scroll stacks are elongated triangles filled with vertical engraved lines (Figure 171).

The decoration on the lower part of the conjoined vessel (the bowl) has four sets of concentric circles that are repeated four times around the vessel. Each set of concentric circles has a inner central dot and a circular hatched zone. The concentric circles have wide brackets around all four sides, and the brackets are filled with both vertical and horizontal hatched lines as well as hooked arm elements at the top and bottom of the brackets.

PIGMENT USE AND LOCATION ON VESSEL: none

TYPE AND VARIETY [IF KNOWN]: Taylor Engraved

Taylor Engraved conjoined vessel, Herbert Taft cemetery, Burial 1, Vessel 5.

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Recommended Citation

Perttula, Timothy K. and Selden, Robert Z. Jr., "41UR320, Burial 1, Vessel 5; 2003.08.64" (2019). Index of Texas Archaeology: Taylor Engraved. 73.
https://scholarworks.sfasu.edu/ita-taylorengraved/73