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Burial 36, Pot 7, Tuck Carpenter
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 36, Vessel 7

NON-PLASTICS: grog

VESSEL FORM: Jar with a tall rim

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); organic residue on the rim and body

EXTERIOR SURFACE COLOR: very dark gray (10YR 3/1); organic residue on the rim and body

WALL THICKNESS (RIM, BODY, AND BASE IN MM): 6.0 mm, rim

INTERIOR SURFACE TREATMENT: burnished

EXTERIOR SURFACE TREATMENT: burnished

HEIGHT (IN CM): 13.3

ORIFICE DIAMETER (IN CM): 9.7

DIAMETER AT BOTTOM OF RIM OR NECK (IN CM): 8.3

BASE DIAMETER (IN CM): 6.0

ESTIMATED VOLUME (IN LITERS): 0.8 liters

DECORATION: The rim has two widely-spaced horizontal engraved lines. The vessel body has curvilinear scrolls repeated four times on the vessel with arms that wind and hook around each other, but do not meet. Each of the arms has widened areas filled with hatched or cross-hatched lines. The two scroll arms begins from upper and lower triangles with hatched corners.

TYPE: Wilder Engraved, var. unspecified


Wilder Engraved, var. unspecified jar, Burial 36, Pot 7, Tuck Carpenter site.

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Citation Information
Timothy K Perttula and Robert Z. Selden. "Burial 36, Pot 7, Tuck Carpenter" (2020)
Available at: http://works.bepress.com/zac_selden/2136/