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Creation Date
2019
Description
VESSEL NO.: 2003.08.0951
NON-PLASTICS AND PASTE: bone and grog
VESSEL FORM: Bottle
RIM AND LIP FORM: N/A
CORE COLOR: B (fired and cooled in a reducing environment)
INTERIOR SURFACE COLOR: grayish-brown; fire cloud on the base
EXTERIOR SURFACE COLOR: grayish-brown; fire clouds on the body and base; organic residue on the lower body
WALL THICKNESS (RIM, BODY, AND BASE IN MM): body, 5.8 mm; base, 10.9 mm
INTERIOR SURFACE TREATMENT: none
EXTERIOR SURFACE TREATMENT: smoothed
HEIGHT (IN CM): N/A
ORIFICE DIAMETER (IN CM): N/A
DIAMETER AT BOTTOM OF RIM OR NECK (IN CM): N/A
BASE DIAMETER (IN CM) AND SHAPE OF BASE: 6.6; flat and circular
ESTIMATED VOLUME (IN LITERS): N/A
DECORATION (INCLUDING MOTIF AND ELEMENTS WHEN APPARENT): The vessel body has encircling scrolls that originate from upper and lower open pendant triangles. Unlike many Wilder Engraved bottles, there is no central circle where the scroll arms meet, nor are the scroll arms wider (with excised or cross-hatched areas) where they pass each other.
PIGMENT USE AND LOCATION ON VESSEL: red pigment in engraved lines
TYPE AND VARIETY [IF KNOWN]: Wilder Engraved, var. unspecified
Wilder Engraved, var. unspecified bottle, Henry Williams cemetery, Vessel 2003.08.0951.
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Recommended Citation
Perttula, Timothy K. and Selden, Robert Z. Jr., "41RU318, Unspecified bottle, Vessel 2003.08.0951" (2019). Index of Texas Archaeology: Wilder Engraved. 56.
https://scholarworks.sfasu.edu/ita-wilderengraved/56
Keywords
American Southwest, Caddo, Ceramic, Pottery, Archaeology, Anthropology
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