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SITE NAME OR SITE NUMBER: Johns

VESSEL NO.: Burial 34, Pot 3

NON-PLASTICS: grog

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)

HEIGHT (IN CM): 20.3

ORIFICE DIAMETER (IN CM): 26.0

DIAMETER AT BOTTOM OF RIM OR NECK (IN CM): 25.5

BASE DIAMETER (IN CM): 7.7

ESTIMATED VOLUME (IN LITERS): 4.7 liters

DECORATION: The rim has an engraved pendant triangle motif repeated three times around the vessel. The central element is an engraved diamond; each diamond has a smaller excised diamond within it, and that smaller diamond has a centrally placed dot. The upper and lower rows of engraved pendant triangles (which are, in non-classic form, either hatched or excised) also include hatched columns, columns of closely-spaced vertical engraved lines, and triangular excised areas. A white kaolin clay pigment has also been rubbed in the engraved lines.

TYPE: cf. Ripley Engraved, var. McKinney

Ripley Engraved, var. McKinney carinated bowl, Burial 34, Pot 3.

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Keywords

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

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