SITE NAME OR SITE NUMBER: H. R. Taylor

VESSEL NO.: 537, Burial A-45

VESSEL FORM: Jar with two opposed suspension holes (2.2 mm in diameter)

NON-PLASTICS AND PASTE: grog

RIM AND LIP FORM: Direct rim and rounded lip

CORE COLOR: A (fired and cooled in an oxidizing environment)

INTERIOR SURFACE COLOR: reddish-brown; fire clouds on the body and base

EXTERIOR SURFACE COLOR: yellowish-brown and reddish-brown; fire clouds on the rim, body, and base

WALL THICKNESS (IN MM): rim, 6.7 mm

INTERIOR SURFACE TREATMENT: smoothed

EXTERIOR SURFACE TREATMENT: smoothed

HEIGHT (IN CM): 14.8

ORIFICE DIAMETER (IN CM): 14.5

DIAMETER AT BOTTOM OF RIM OR NECK (IN CM): 13.6

BASE DIAMETER (IN CM) AND SHAPE OF BASE: 6.0 cm, circular and rounded

ESTIMATED VOLUME (IN LITERS): 1.9

DECORATION (INCLUDING MOTIF AND ELEMENTS WHEN APPARENT): The rim has five horizontal engraved lines with downward-pointing tick marks. The vessel body has four sets of concentric curvilinear engraved lines that end in a hooked arm element (Patton Engraved, var. Freeman); the engraved lines have tick marks. Dividing the curvilinear and hooked arm elements are upper or lower engraved triangles with tick marks.

PIGMENT USE AND LOCATION ON VESSEL: none

TYPE AND VARIETY (IF KNOWN): Patton Engraved, var. Allen-var. Freeman. This vessel was manufactured by a Caddo potter living in the Neches-Angelina river basin in East Texas.

Patton Engraved, var. Allen-var. Freeman jar (No. 537) in Burial A-45 from the H. R. Taylor site.