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SITE NAME OR SITE NUMBER: Johns

VESSEL NO.: Burial 29, Pot 1

NON-PLASTICS: grog and bone

VESSEL FORM: Olla with a carinated body; exterior body organic residue

RIM AND LIP FORM: Everted rim and a rounded lip

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

HEIGHT (IN CM): 38.0

ORIFICE DIAMETER (IN CM): 10.8

DIAMETER AT BOTTOM OF RIM OR NECK (IN CM): 8.6

BASE DIAMETER (IN CM): 9.5

ESTIMATED VOLUME (IN LITERS): 2.9 liters

DECORATION: There are three widely-spaced horizontally engraved lines at the top of the vessel body. Below these are four repeating sets of upper and lower hooked arm scrolls that curve around each other and meet at a large circle with equal arm cross elements. Both arms of the scrolls have widened cross-hatched areas near their intersection with the circle and cross. The upper and lower scrolls begin at the apex of triangles with negative ovals nested within them.

TYPE: Wilder Engraved, var. unspecified

Wilder Engraved, var. unspecified olla, Burial 29, Pot 1: a, neck and upper body section; b, main vessel body section.

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Keywords

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

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