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2018

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SITE NAME OR SITE NUMBER: Johns

VESSEL NO.: Burial 34, Pot 5

NON-PLASTICS: grog and hematite

VESSEL FORM: Carinated bowl; organic residue on the exterior body

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)

HEIGHT (IN CM): 11.1

ORIFICE DIAMETER (IN CM): 20.0

DIAMETER AT BOTTOM OF RIM OR NECK (IN CM): 19.6

BASE DIAMETER (IN CM): 6.5

ESTIMATED VOLUME (IN LITERS): 1.3 liters

DECORATION: The rim has an engraved nested triangle motif repeated 12 times around the vessel, six times pendant from the rim and six times pendant from the carination. Each nested triangle has a large negative oval with a short excised line or spur along one side of the oval. There is also an interior engraved line at the carination point.

TYPE: Ripley Engraved, var. Williams

Ripley Engraved, var. Williams carinated bowl, Burial 34, Pot 5.

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Keywords

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

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