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Creation Date
2018
Description
SITE NAME OR SITE NUMBER: Johns
VESSEL NO.: Burial 14, Pot 2
NON-PLASTICS: grog
VESSEL FORM: Bottle with a flaring neck
RIM AND LIP FORM: Everted rim and a rounded lip
CORE COLOR: G (fired in a reducing environment and cooled in the open air)
HEIGHT (IN CM): 24.0
ORIFICE DIAMETER (IN CM): 5.0
DIAMETER AT BOTTOM OF RIM OR NECK (IN CM): 6.9
BASE DIAMETER (IN CM): 6.5
ESTIMATED VOLUME (IN LITERS): 0.62 liters
DECORATION: There are three horizontal engraved lines below the bottle neck. Below those lines are four repeating sets of curvilinear scrolls with hooked arms that meet at a small central cross-hatched circle. There are widened cross-hatched areas opposite of the small central circle on each scroll arm. The scroll arms originate at the apex of upper and lower triangles; these have two cross-hatched corners. The scrolls are divided from one another by upper and lower triangles connected by a single vertical engraved line; these triangle elements also have two cross-hatched corners. A red clay pigment has also been rubbed in the engraved lines.
TYPE: Wilder Engraved, var. Wilder
Wilder Engraved, var. Wilder bottle, Burial 14, Pot 2.
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Recommended Citation
Perttula, Timothy K. and Selden, Robert Z. Jr., "41CP12, Burial 14, Pot 2" (2018). Index of Texas Archaeology: Wilder Engraved. 6.
https://scholarworks.sfasu.edu/ita-wilderengraved/6
Keywords
American Southeast, Caddo, Ceramic, Pottery, Archaeology, Anthropology
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