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Herrington Collection, “Caddo Broken Pot”
Index of Texas Archaeology: La Rue Neck Banded
  • 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: Herrington Collection

VESSEL NO.: No number (“Caddo Broken Pot” on TJC Herrington Inventory)

VESSEL FORM: Jar with a short rim

NON-PLASTICS AND PASTE: grog

RIM AND LIP FORM: Everted rim and a rounded-exterior folded lip

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

INTERIOR SURFACE COLOR: dark yellowish-brown; fire clouds on the rim and body

EXTERIOR SURFACE COLOR: dark yellowish-brown; fire clouds on the rim and body

WALL THICKNESS (IN MM): rim, 6.2 mm; body, 6.7 mm; base, 11.5 mm

INTERIOR SURFACE TREATMENT: smoothed

EXTERIOR SURFACE TREATMENT: none

HEIGHT (IN CM): N/A

ORIFICE DIAMETER (IN CM): 24.0

DIAMETER AT BOTTOM OF RIM OR NECK (IN CM): 23.4

BASE DIAMETER (IN CM) AND SHAPE OF BASE: 9.5; circular and flat

ESTIMATED VOLUME (IN LITERS): N/A

DECORATION (INCLUDING MOTIF AND ELEMENTS WHEN APPARENT): The rim has a single neck banded row/coil (Figure 9). The vessel body has vertical and diagonal brushing marks that extend from the rim-body juncture to the vessel base.

PIGMENT USE AND LOCATION ON VESSEL: none

TYPE AND VARIETY (IF KNOWN): La Rue Neck Banded

La Rue Neck Banded jar rim and body sherds in the Herrington Collection.

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Citation Information
Timothy K. Perttula and Robert Z. Selden. "Herrington Collection, “Caddo Broken Pot”" (2020)
Available at: http://works.bepress.com/zac_selden/2183/