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2018

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SITE NAME OR SITE NUMBER: Johns

VESSEL NO.: Burial 33, Pot 7

NON-PLASTICS: grog and bone

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: very dark grayish-brown (10YR 3/2)

EXTERIOR SURFACE COLOR: brown (7.5YR 4/3); fire clouding on the lower body and base

WALL THICKNESS (RIM, BODY, AND BASE IN MM): 6.3 mm, rim; 8.0 mm, base

INTERIOR SURFACE TREATMENT: smoothed

EXTERIOR SURFACE TREATMENT: smoothed

HEIGHT (IN CM): 7.5

ORIFICE DIAMETER (IN CM): 19.4

DIAMETER AT BOTTOM OF RIM OR NECK (IN CM): 17.4

BASE DIAMETER (IN CM): 8.0

ESTIMATED VOLUME (IN LITERS): 0.87 liters

DECORATION: The rim has an engraved continuous scroll motif repeated four times around the vessel. The upper and lower scroll fill zones have bisected ovals, negative ovals, and excised triangles. A white kaolin clay pigment has also been rubbed in the engraved lines.

TYPE: Ripley Engraved, var. Carpenter

Ripley Engraved, var. Carpenter carinated bowl, Burial 33, Pot 7.

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Keywords

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

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