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Burial 42, Pot 6, 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 42, Pot 6

NON-PLASTICS: grog

VESSEL FORM: Jar

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)

WALL THICKNESS (RIM, BODY, AND BASE IN MM): 7.5 mm, rim

INTERIOR SURFACE TREATMENT: smoothed

EXTERIOR SURFACE TREATMENT: burnished

HEIGHT (IN CM): 10.7

ORIFICE DIAMETER (IN CM): 14.7

DIAMETER AT BOTTOM OF RIM OR NECK (IN CM): 11.9

BASE DIAMETER (IN CM): 8.0

ESTIMATED VOLUME (IN LITERS): 0.93 liters

DECORATION: The rim has three widely-spaced horizontal engraved lines. The vessel body has four sets of engraved curvilinear scrolls with two arms that wrap around each other, and meet at a small central cross-hatched circle. Each arm of the scrolls have widened areas filled with cross-hatching. The arms of the scrolls begin from upper and lower engraved triangles that are either open or filled with cross-hatched engraved lines.

TYPE: Wilder Engraved, var. Wilder

Wilder Engraved, var. Wilder jar, Burial 42, Pot 6, Tuck Carpenter site.

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Citation Information
Timothy K Perttula and Robert Z Selden. "Burial 42, Pot 6, Tuck Carpenter" (2020)
Available at: http://works.bepress.com/zac_selden/2149/