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2018

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SITE NAME OR SITE NUMBER: Johns

VESSEL NO.: Burial 12, Pot 7

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): 21.2

ORIFICE DIAMETER (IN CM): 5.2

DIAMETER AT BOTTOM OF RIM OR NECK (IN CM): 5.3; 17.8 cm is the maximum body diameter

BASE DIAMETER (IN CM): 8.5

ESTIMATED VOLUME (IN LITERS): 0.72

DECORATION: There are two horizontal engraved lines on the body below the bottle neck, and a third engraved line above the base. Between them are four sets of curvilinear engraved scrolls with hooked arms that meet in a small central and open circle. That small circle has an excised dot at its center. There are excised and cross-hatched widened areas adjacent to the central circle on each arm of the scroll. The scrolls originate from the apex of upper and lower triangles. The triangles have cross-hatched engraved corners.

TYPE: Wilder Engraved, var. Wilder

Wilder Engraved, var. Wilder bottle, Burial 12, Pot 7.

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Keywords

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

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