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Creation Date
2019
Description
SITE NAME OR SITE NUMBER: Hyte
VESSEL NO.: 2003.09.1583
NON-PLASTICS AND PASTE: grog
VESSEL FORM: Bottle with a carinated body
RIM AND LIP FORM: Direct rim and a flat lip
CORE COLOR: B (fired and cooled in a reducing environment)
INTERIOR SURFACE COLOR: dark grayish-brown
EXTERIOR SURFACE COLOR: dark grayish-brown
WALL THICKNESS (RIM, BODY, AND BASE IN MM): rim, 5.2 mm; body, 5.4 mm
INTERIOR SURFACE TREATMENT: none
EXTERIOR SURFACE TREATMENT: burnished
HEIGHT (IN CM): N/A; neck height is 3.4 cm
ORIFICE DIAMETER (IN CM): 3.0
DIAMETER AT BOTTOM OF RIM OR NECK (IN CM): 2.9
BASE DIAMETER (IN CM) AND SHAPE OF BASE: N/A
ESTIMATED VOLUME (IN LITERS): N/A
DECORATION (INCLUDING MOTIF AND ELEMENTS WHEN APPARENT): The vessel body has two horizontal engraved lines as well as vertical and curvilinear hooked arm scrolls that encircle each other, but do not meet. The scrolls originate from the apex of engraved triangle elements. There is also a single engraved line under the vessel lip.
PIGMENT USE AND LOCATION ON VESSEL: red in the engraved lines
TYPE AND VARIETY [IF KNOWN]: Wilder Engraved, var. unspecified
Wilder Engraved, var. unspecified bottle sherds, Hyte site.
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Recommended Citation
Perttula, Timothy K. and Selden, Robert Z. Jr., "Hyte, 2003.08.1583" (2019). Index of Texas Archaeology: Wilder Engraved. 45.
https://scholarworks.sfasu.edu/ita-wilderengraved/45
Keywords
American Southeast, Caddo, Ceramic, Pottery, Archaeology, Anthropology
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