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SITE NAME OR SITE NUMBER: H. R. Taylor

VESSEL NO.: 416, Burial A-36

VESSEL FORM: miniature carinated bowl with four lip tabs

NON-PLASTICS AND PASTE: grog and bone

RIM AND LIP FORM: Direct rim and rounded lip

CORE COLOR: B (fired and cooled in a reducing environment)

INTERIOR SURFACE COLOR: dark grayish-brown; fire clouds on the rim

EXTERIOR SURFACE COLOR: dark grayish-brown; fire clouds on the rim

WALL THICKNESS (IN MM): rim, 4.9 mm

INTERIOR SURFACE TREATMENT: smoothed

EXTERIOR SURFACE TREATMENT: smoothed

HEIGHT (IN CM): 2.1

ORIFICE DIAMETER (IN CM): 5.8

DIAMETER AT BOTTOM OF RIM OR NECK (IN CM): 5.8

BASE DIAMETER (IN CM) AND SHAPE OF BASE: 3.0 cm, circular and flat

ESTIMATED VOLUME (IN LITERS): 0.1

DECORATION (INCLUDING MOTIF AND ELEMENTS WHEN APPARENT): The rim panel has four sets of engraved scrolls and semi-circles. Two of the semi-circles have an inner diamond element and the other two have smaller inner semi-circles. The scroll fill zones have rectangular areas outlined by excised brackets and vertical engraved dividers.

PIGMENT USE AND LOCATION ON VESSEL: none

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

Ripley Engraved, var. Caldwell miniature carinated bowl (No. 416) in Burial A-36 at the H. R. Taylor site.

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Keywords

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

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