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SITE NAME OR SITE NUMBER: Johns

VESSEL NO.: Burial 3, Pot 5

NON-PLASTICS: bone and hematite

VESSEL FORM: Bowl

RIM AND LIP FORM: Direct rim and a rounded lip

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

INTERIOR SURFACE COLOR: light yellowish-brown (10YR 6/4); fire clouding on rim, body, and base

EXTERIOR SURFACE COLOR: light yellowish-brown (10YR 6/4); fire clouding on the rim, body, and base

WALL THICKNESS (RIM, BODY, AND BASE IN MM): 6.5 mm, rim

INTERIOR SURFACE TREATMENT: smoothed

EXTERIOR SURFACE TREATMENT: smoothed

HEIGHT (IN CM): 5.7

ORIFICE DIAMETER (IN CM): 9.3

DIAMETER AT BOTTOM OF RIM OR NECK (IN CM): N/A

BASE DIAMETER (IN CM): 5.4

ESTIMATED VOLUME (IN LITERS): 0.21 liters

DECORATION: The upper part of the vessel has an engraved scroll and circle motif repeated four times around the vessel. Each circle has a smaller central circle within it. The scroll fill zones include hatched triangles, excised triangles, and open triangle elements. There is one area underneath the scroll and circle motif where there are a series of unconnected engraved semi-circles, one of which has a small central circle within it.

TYPE: Ripley Engraved, var. Galt

Ripley Engraved, var. Galt bowl, Burial 3, Pot 5.

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Keywords

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

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