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2018

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SITE NAME OR SITE NUMBER: Johns

VESSEL NO.: Burial 35, Pot 4

NON-PLASTICS: grog

VESSEL FORM: Carinated bowl

RIM AND LIP FORM: Direct rim and a rounded, exterior folded lip

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

INTERIOR SURFACE COLOR: black (10YR 2/1)

EXTERIOR SURFACE COLOR: brown (10YR 5/3)

WALL THICKNESS (RIM, BODY, AND BASE IN MM): 6.9 mm, body

INTERIOR SURFACE TREATMENT: smoothed

EXTERIOR SURFACE TREATMENT: burnished

HEIGHT (IN CM): N/A; rim panel is 4.9 cm in height

ORIFICE DIAMETER (IN CM): 29.0

DIAMETER AT BOTTOM OF RIM OR NECK (IN CM): 28.6

BASE DIAMETER (IN CM): N/A

ESTIMATED VOLUME (IN LITERS): N/A

DECORATION: The rim has an engraved pendant triangle motif repeated four times around the vessel. The central elements include two engraved diamonds and two engraved circles. The diamonds have a small excised circle with four rays within them, while the central circles have a single larger circle with four excised rays within them. A white kaolin clay pigment has been rubbed in the engraved lines.

TYPE: Ripley Engraved, var. McKinney

Ripley Engraved, var. McKinney carinated bowl rim sherds, Burial 35, Pot 4.

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Keywords

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

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