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41CP5, Burial 25, Pot 3
Index of Texas Archaeology: Wilder Engraved
  • Timothy K. Perttula, Heritage Research Center, Stephen F. Austin State University
  • Robert Z. Selden, Jr., Heritage Research Center, Stephen F. Austin State University
Creation Date
1-1-2020
Description

SITE NAME OR SITE NUMBER: Tuck Carpenter

VESSEL NO.: Burial 25, Pot 3

NON-PLASTICS: grog

VESSEL FORM: Bottle with a flaring neck

RIM AND LIP FORM: Everted rim and a rounded lip

CORE COLOR: B (fired and cooled in a reducing environment)

INTERIOR SURFACE COLOR: very dark gray (10YR 3/1)

EXTERIOR SURFACE COLOR: very dark gray (10YR 3/1); fire clouding on the body and base

WALL THICKNESS (RIM, BODY, AND BASE IN MM): 4.5 mm, neck

INTERIOR SURFACE TREATMENT: none

EXTERIOR SURFACE TREATMENT: burnished

HEIGHT (IN CM): 14.5

ORIFICE DIAMETER (IN CM): 4.0

DIAMETER AT BOTTOM OF RIM OR NECK (IN CM): 4.8; 16.5 cm maximum body diameter

BASE DIAMETER (IN CM): 7.0

ESTIMATED VOLUME (IN LITERS): 0.41 liters

DECORATION: The vessel body has hooked arm engraved scrolls that are repeated three times, with the two arms beginning at upper and lower triangles. In this case the hooked arms to not meet at a central excised or cross-hatched engraved circle, but there are expanded cross-hatched areas on each arm of the scroll opposite the hooked arms. Two of the three upper and lower triangles have an oval outlined by cross-hatching, while the third set has cross-hatching in all three corners.

TYPE: Wilder Engraved, var. unspecified

Wilder Engraved, var. unspecified bottle, Burial 25, Pot 3, Tuck Carpenter site.

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Citation Information
Timothy K. Perttula and Robert Z. Selden. "41CP5, Burial 25, Pot 3" (2020)
Available at: http://works.bepress.com/zac_selden/1704/