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2018

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SITE NAME OR SITE NUMBER: H. R. Taylor

VESSEL NO.: 267, Burial A-22

VESSEL FORM: Bowl

NON-PLASTICS AND PASTE: grog and hematite

RIM AND LIP FORM: Direct rim and rounded lip

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

INTERIOR SURFACE COLOR: reddish-brown; fire clouds on the rim, body, and base

EXTERIOR SURFACE COLOR: reddish-brown; fire clouds on the rim, body, and base

WALL THICKNESS (IN MM): rim, 4.4 mm

INTERIOR SURFACE TREATMENT: smoothed

EXTERIOR SURFACE TREATMENT: smoothed

HEIGHT (IN CM): 10.5

ORIFICE DIAMETER (IN CM): 13.8

DIAMETER AT BOTTOM OF RIM OR NECK (IN CM): N/A

BASE DIAMETER (IN CM) AND SHAPE OF BASE: 7.3 cm, circular and flat

ESTIMATED VOLUME (IN LITERS): 0.6

DECORATION (INCLUDING MOTIF AND ELEMENTS WHEN APPARENT): The vessel rim has one horizontal engraved line while there are two horizontal engraved lines near the base of the vessel. Between these engraved lines are 10 sets of alternate nested engraved triangle elements. The triangle elements are each defined by three triangular engraved lines, the outermost of which is a narrow triangular hatched zone.

PIGMENT USE AND LOCATION ON VESSEL: none

TYPE AND VARIETY (IF KNOWN): Ripley Engraved, var. Williams

Ripley Engraved, var. Williams bowl (No. 267) in Burial A-22 at the H. R. Taylor site.

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Keywords

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

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