Preview

image preview

Creation Date

2018

Description

SITE NAME OR SITE NUMBER: Johns

VESSEL NO.: Burial 5, Pot 8

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: strong brown (7.5YR 4/6); fire clouding on the body

EXTERIOR SURFACE COLOR: strong brown (7.5YR 4/6); fire clouding on the body and base

WALL THICKNESS (RIM, BODY, AND BASE IN MM): 7.9 mm, rim

INTERIOR SURFACE TREATMENT: burnished

EXTERIOR SURFACE TREATMENT: burnished

HEIGHT (IN CM): 12.0

ORIFICE DIAMETER (IN CM): 30.9

DIAMETER AT BOTTOM OF RIM OR NECK (IN CM): 29.9

BASE DIAMETER (IN CM): 8.5

ESTIMATED VOLUME (IN LITERS): 2.2 liters

DECORATION: The rim has an engraved circle and nested triangle motif repeated four times around the vessel. The circle element consists of three increasingly larger circles; the second and middle circle has excised rays on it. The nested triangle element includes negative ovals and excised brackets; the large central negative oval has a central spur or dashed line. The opposing scroll fill zones are two smaller triangle elements with excised columns and rectangles. A white clay pigment has also been rubbed in the engraved lines.

TYPE: Ripley Engraved, var. Cash

Ripley Engraved, var. Cash carinated bowl, Burial 5, Pot 8.

Creative Commons License

Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 License
This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 License.

Download Medium Thumbnail

Keywords

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

Share

Image Location

 
COinS

Tell us how this article helped you.