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SITE NAME OR SITE NUMBER: Johns

VESSEL NO.: Burial 32, Pot 8

NON-PLASTICS: grog

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: black (10YR 2/1); organic residue on the rim

EXTERIOR SURFACE COLOR: yellowish-red (5YR 5/6); organic residue on the rim

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

INTERIOR SURFACE TREATMENT: smoothed

EXTERIOR SURFACE TREATMENT: burnished

HEIGHT (IN CM): 5.8

ORIFICE DIAMETER (IN CM): 16.2

DIAMETER AT BOTTOM OF RIM OR NECK (IN CM): 14.0

BASE DIAMETER (IN CM): 6.3

ESTIMATED VOLUME (IN LITERS): 0.56 liters

DECORATION: The rim has an engraved scroll and semi-circle motif repeated four times around the vessel. Each of the central semi-circle elements have a small cross-hatched semi-circle within them. In three cases, the scroll is defined by one central scroll line, as well as upper and lower scroll fill zones of excised brackets, triangles, and negative ovals, but the fourth scroll has two scroll lines. There is also an interior engraved line at the vessel carination.

TYPE: Ripley Engraved, var. Caldwell

Ripley Engraved, var. Caldwell carinated bowl, Burial 32, Pot 8.

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Keywords

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

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