Title

Red River County, Texas, GTW-117 {TX 069/1]

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

SITE NAME OR SITE NUMBER: George T. Wright Collection, Red River County, Texas

VESSEL NO.: GTW-117 {TX 069/1], B. R. R.

VESSEL FORM: Miniature deep bowl (Figure 6)

NON-PLASTICS AND PASTE: shell

RIM AND LIP FORM: Everted rim and 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

WALL THICKNESS (IN MM): rim, 4.5 mm

INTERIOR SURFACE TREATMENT: burnished

EXTERIOR SURFACE TREATMENT: burnished

HEIGHT (IN CM): 5.4

ORIFICE DIAMETER (IN CM): 8.1

DIAMETER AT BOTTOM OF RIM OR NECK (IN CM): 6.1

BASE DIAMETER (IN CM) AND SHAPE OF BASE: 3.2 cm, circular and flat

ESTIMATED VOLUME (IN LITERS): 0.35

DECORATION (INCLUDING MOTIF AND ELEMENTS WHEN APPARENT): The vessel rim has a continuous negative curvilinear scroll motif with associated negative circle elements at the end of the scrolls that are defined by excised areas. The vessel has an interior and exterior red-slipped surface.

PIGMENT USE AND LOCATION ON VESSEL: none

TYPE AND VARIETY (IF KNOWN): Taylor Engraved (Suhm and Jelks 1962:149-152)

Taylor Engraved miniature deep bowl, GTW-117.

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Recommended Citation

Perttula, Timothy K. and Selden, Robert Z. Jr., "Red River County, Texas, GTW-117 {TX 069/1]" (2019). Index of Texas Archaeology: Taylor Engraved. 97.
https://scholarworks.sfasu.edu/ita-taylorengraved/97