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SITE NAME OR SITE NUMBER: Johns

VESSEL NO.: Burial 29, Pot 7

NON-PLASTICS: bone

VESSEL FORM: Bottle with a slightly flaring neck and a collar at the base of the neck

RIM AND LIP FORM: Everted rim and rounded lip

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

INTERIOR SURFACE COLOR: very dark gray (10YR 3/1)

EXTERIOR SURFACE COLOR: very dark grayish-brown (10YR 3/2)

WALL THICKNESS (RIM, BODY, AND BASE IN MM): 4.8 mm, neck

INTERIOR SURFACE TREATMENT: smoothed on the upper neck

EXTERIOR SURFACE TREATMENT: burnished

HEIGHT (IN CM): 15.3

ORIFICE DIAMETER (IN CM): 4.0

DIAMETER AT BOTTOM OF RIM OR NECK (IN CM): 4.9; 10.9 cm maximum body diameter

BASE DIAMETER (IN CM): 6.5

ESTIMATED VOLUME (IN LITERS): 0.40 liters

DECORATION: The body has four repeated sets of upper and lower hooked arm scrolls that curve around each other and meet at a central circle. The scrolls are below two widely spaced horizontal engraved lines on the upper body. On this vessel, the central circles are either excised or have crossed engraved lines. The upper and lower scrolls originate from the apex of triangles with excised corners and a small excised spur along the basal edge of the triangle.

TYPE: Wilder Engraved, var. Wilder

Wilder Engraved, var. Wilder bottle, Burial 29, Pot 7.

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Keywords

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

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