squared: the lip has a flattened (squared) profile
direct: There is no change in the angle between the vessel wall and rim.
exterior: 12.5cm
15%
neck-shoulder thickness: 5mm
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Tepozan negative polychrome cajete bowl & base with rim, lip, body, and base; vessel has a simple profile and a direct rim that is not thickened and ends in a squared lip; there is no lip thickening nor decorative treatment; both the exterior and interior are highly burnished and self-slipped
Andrea Torvinen, Ben A. Nelson, Vincent Schiavitti, Nicola Strazicich. "The Classification and Analysis of the La Quemada-Malpaso Valley Archaeological Project Ceramic Assemblage" in La Quemada-Malpaso Valley Archaeological Project Informe Final, ed(s). Ben A. Nelson, Andrea Torvinen. Tempe, AZ: Arizona State University, 2023, ###-###
Andrea Torvinen. "Social Identification and the Capacity for Collective Action at La Quemada, Zacatecas, Mexico (600-800 CE)", Ph.D., School of Human Evolution and Social Change, Arizona State University, 2018
Torvinen, Andrea; La Quemada V-459, The Pan-American Ceramics Project, accessed on 04 July 2025, https://www.panamericanceramics.org/vessels/8-la-quemada-v-459
