SITE NAME OR SITE NUMBER: George T. Wright Collection, Red River County, Texas

VESSEL NO.: GTW-340 [TX 100/1], B. R. R.

VESSEL FORM: Jar; Wright’s notebook indicates that animal bone fragments were found inside this vessel

NON-PLASTICS AND PASTE: shell

RIM AND LIP FORM: Everted rim and rounded lip

CORE COLOR: A (fired and cooled in an oxidizing environment)

INTERIOR SURFACE COLOR: yellowish-brown

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

WALL THICKNESS (IN MM): rim, 5.3 mm

INTERIOR SURFACE TREATMENT: none

EXTERIOR SURFACE TREATMENT: none

HEIGHT (IN CM): 7.4

ORIFICE DIAMETER (IN CM): 7.6

DIAMETER AT BOTTOM OF RIM OR NECK (IN CM): 6.2

BASE DIAMETER (IN CM) AND SHAPE OF BASE: 3.7 cm, circular and flat

ESTIMATED VOLUME (IN LITERS): 0.3

DECORATION (INCLUDING MOTIF AND ELEMENTS WHEN APPARENT): The vessel rim has three horizontal neck banded rows as well as four vertical appliqued ridges. The vessel lip is notched. The vessel body is divided into five panels by single vertical incised lines. Each of the panels is filled with sets of diagonal opposed incised lines

PIGMENT USE AND LOCATION ON VESSEL: none

TYPE AND VARIETY (IF KNOWN): Nash Neck Banded

Nash Neck Banded jar, GTW-340.