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Creation Date
2018
Description
SITE NAME OR SITE NUMBER: Johns
VESSEL NO.: Burial 35, Pot 1
NON-PLASTICS: grog and hematite
VESSEL FORM: Carinated bowl
RIM AND LIP FORM: Direct rim and a rounded, exterior folded lip
CORE COLOR: F (fired in a reducing environment and cooled in the open air)
INTERIOR SURFACE COLOR: pale brown (10YR 6/3); fire clouding on the base
EXTERIOR SURFACE COLOR: pale brown (10YR 6/3); fire clouding on the rim and body
WALL THICKNESS (RIM, BODY, AND BASE IN MM): 7.2 mm, body; 11.5 mm, base
INTERIOR SURFACE TREATMENT: smoothed
EXTERIOR SURFACE TREATMENT: burnished
HEIGHT (IN CM): N/A
ORIFICE DIAMETER (IN CM): 30.0
DIAMETER AT BOTTOM OF RIM OR NECK (IN CM): 29.8
BASE DIAMETER (IN CM): 8.4
ESTIMATED VOLUME (IN LITERS): N/A
DECORATION: The rim has an engraved circle and nested triangle motif repeated four times around the vessel. The engraved circles each have a small central and open circle within them, and the nested triangles have a large oval defined by excised lines; the oval has a central spur element. A white kaolin clay pigment has been rubbed in the engraved lines.
TYPE: Ripley Engraved, var. Cash
Ripley Engraved, var. Cash carinated bowl, Burial 35, Pot 1.
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Recommended Citation
Perttula, Timothy K. and Selden, Robert Z. Jr., "41CP12, Burial 35, Pot 1" (2018). Index of Texas Archaeology: Ripley Engraved. 118.
https://scholarworks.sfasu.edu/ita-ripleyengraved/118
Keywords
American Southeast, Caddo, Ceramic, Pottery, Archaeology, Anthropology
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