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SITE NAME OR SITE NUMBER: Johns

VESSEL NO.: Burial 33, Pot 4

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)

INTERIOR SURFACE COLOR: brown (7.5YR 5/4); fire clouding on the base

EXTERIOR SURFACE COLOR: brown (7.5YR 5/4); fire clouding on the body and base

WALL THICKNESS (RIM, BODY, AND BASE IN MM): 5.1 mm, rim; 4.7 mm, body

INTERIOR SURFACE TREATMENT: smoothed

EXTERIOR SURFACE TREATMENT: burnished on the rim and smoothed on the body

HEIGHT (IN CM): 6.9

ORIFICE DIAMETER (IN CM): 16.2

DIAMETER AT BOTTOM OF RIM OR NECK (IN CM): 13.5

BASE DIAMETER (IN CM): 6.5

ESTIMATED VOLUME (IN LITERS): 0.67 liters

DECORATION: The rim has an engraved scroll and circle motif repeated four times around the vessel. The central circle elements have a small excised circle with four excised rays within them. The scroll fill zones have negative ovals defined by cross-hatched engraved lines. A white kaolin clay pigment has also been rubbed in the engraved lines.

TYPE: Ripley Engraved, var. Galt

Ripley Engraved, var. Galt carinated bowl, Burial 33, Pot 4.

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Keywords

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

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