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SITE NAME OR SITE NUMBER: Johns

VESSEL NO.: Burial 5, Pot 1

NON-PLASTICS: grog

VESSEL FORM: Compound bowl

RIM AND LIP FORM: Everted rim and a rounded lip

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

INTERIOR SURFACE COLOR: reddish-brown (5YR 4/3)

EXTERIOR SURFACE COLOR: reddish-brown (5YR 4/3); fire clouding on the body and base

WALL THICKNESS (RIM, BODY, AND BASE IN MM): 6.6 mm, rim; 7.4 mm, base

INTERIOR SURFACE TREATMENT: smoothed

EXTERIOR SURFACE TREATMENT: burnished

HEIGHT (IN CM): 17.0

ORIFICE DIAMETER (IN CM): 24.8

DIAMETER AT BOTTOM OF RIM OR NECK (IN CM): 21.5

BASE DIAMETER (IN CM): 9.5

ESTIMATED VOLUME (IN LITERS): 3.8 liters

DECORATION: The upper rim panel has three widely-spaced horizontal engraved lines. The lower rim panel has three sets of nested triangles and semi-circles. The innermost semi-circle in each set has triangular tick marks, as does the outer triangular engraved line of the nested triangles. The innermost nested triangle in each set has excised corners and/or ovals. The upper scroll fill zones are triangles with tick marks. A white kaolin clay pigment has also been rubbed in the engraved lines.

TYPE: cf. Ripley Engraved, var. Cash

Ripley Engraved, var. Cash compound bowl, Burial 5, Pot 1.

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Keywords

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

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