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VESSEL NO.: Burial 5, UC 39; 2003.08.1956

NON-PLASTICS AND PASTE: grog

VESSEL FORM: Compound bowl

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

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

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

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

WALL THICKNESS (RIM, BODY, AND BASE IN MM): rim, 8.7 mm; body, 8.8 mm; base, 9.2 mm

INTERIOR SURFACE TREATMENT: smoothed

EXTERIOR SURFACE TREATMENT: upper panel is burnished

HEIGHT (IN CM): 29.0

ORIFICE DIAMETER (IN CM): 37.0

DIAMETER AT BOTTOM OF RIM OR NECK (IN CM): N/A

BASE DIAMETER (IN CM) AND SHAPE OF BASE: N/A

ESTIMATED VOLUME (IN LITERS): 8.6

DECORATION (INCLUDING MOTIF AND ELEMENTS WHEN APPARENT): The upper rim panel has two widely-spaced horizontal engraved lines. The lower panel has an engraved scroll motif, upper and lower hooked arm elements, and excised brackets with negative-S-shaped elements. The upper and lower scroll fill zones have negative ovals, at least one of which has a dash or spur within it.

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

TYPE AND VARIETY [IF KNOWN]: cf. Taylor Engraved

cf. Taylor Engraved compound bowl, I. P. Starr cemetery, Burial 5, Vessel 2003.08.1956.

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Keywords

American Southwest, Caddo, Ceramic, Pottery, Archaeology, Anthropology

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