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2018

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SITE NAME OR SITE NUMBER: H. R. Taylor

VESSEL NO.: 9, Burial A-2

VESSEL FORM: Carinated bowl

NON-PLASTICS AND PASTE: grog

RIM AND LIP FORM: Direct rim and rounded lip

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

INTERIOR SURFACE COLOR: brown

EXTERIOR SURFACE COLOR: brown; fire clouds on the body and base; organic residue on the rim

WALL THICKNESS (IN MM): rim, 6.6 mm

INTERIOR SURFACE TREATMENT: smoothed

EXTERIOR SURFACE TREATMENT: burnished

HEIGHT (IN CM): 11.5

ORIFICE DIAMETER (IN CM): 25.2

DIAMETER AT BOTTOM OF RIM OR NECK (IN CM): 22.6

BASE DIAMETER (IN CM) AND SHAPE OF BASE: 6.0 cm, circular and flat

ESTIMATED VOLUME (IN LITERS): 1.7

DECORATION (INCLUDING MOTIF AND ELEMENTS WHEN APPARENT): The rim has upper and lower horizontal engraved lines with excised pendant triangle elements, and a central horizontal engraved line without pendant triangles. The central horizontal engraved line is connected to two sets of engraved diamond elements (with an inner diamond with a negative oval), and these alternate with circle elements offset from the central horizontal engraved line by upper and lower excised brackets. The circle elements have an inner diamond-shaped zone with a negative oval outlined by excised areas.

PIGMENT USE AND LOCATION ON VESSEL: white clay pigment in the engraved lines

TYPE AND VARIETY (IF KNOWN): Ripley Engraved, var. McKinney

Ripley Engraved, var. McKinney carinated bowl (No. 9) in Burial A-2 at the H. R. Taylor site.

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Keywords

American Southeast, Caddo, Ceramic, Pottery, Archaeology, Anthropology

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