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Camp Co. 1 Albert Hilton Farm
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: Harold Williams or Albert Hilton Farm

VESSEL NO.: Camp Co. 1

NON-PLASTICS: grog

VESSEL FORM: Jar

RIM AND LIP FORM: Everted rim and a rounded lip

CORE COLOR: G (fired in a reducing environment and cooled in the open air)

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

EXTERIOR SURFACE COLOR: brownish-yellow (10YR 6/8)

WALL THICKNESS (RIM, BODY, AND BASE IN MM): 7.2 mm, rim

INTERIOR SURFACE TREATMENT: burnished

EXTERIOR SURFACE TREATMENT: burnished

HEIGHT (IN CM): 18.9

ORIFICE DIAMETER (IN CM): 18.0

DIAMETER AT BOTTOM OF RIM OR NECK (IN CM): 18.1

BASE DIAMETER (IN CM): 8.4

ESTIMATED VOLUME (IN LITERS): 3.1 liters

DECORATION: The rim is plain, but the vessel body has a curvilinear engraved scroll motif repeated four times around the vessel that begins at upper and lower hatched triangle elements (hatched at two of the three corners) under the neck and above the base. The arms of the scrolls arc towards each other and meet at a cross-hatched engraved circle. The scroll line above this circle also has a widened cross-hatched engraved zone on it.

TYPE: Wilder Engraved, var. Wilder

Wilder Engraved, var. Wilder jar, Harold Williams or Albert Hilton Farm.

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Citation Information
Timothy K Perttula and Robert Z Selden. "Camp Co. 1 Albert Hilton Farm" (2020)
Available at: http://works.bepress.com/zac_selden/2168/