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SITE NAME OR SITE NUMBER: H. R. Taylor

VESSEL NO.: 467, Burial A-42

VESSEL FORM: Carinated bowl

NON-PLASTICS AND PASTE: grog

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: red

EXTERIOR SURFACE COLOR: red; fire clouds on the base

WALL THICKNESS (IN MM): rim, 5.8 mm

INTERIOR SURFACE TREATMENT: smoothed

EXTERIOR SURFACE TREATMENT: burnished

HEIGHT (IN CM): 10.0

ORIFICE DIAMETER (IN CM): 25.3

DIAMETER AT BOTTOM OF RIM OR NECK (IN CM): 24.7

BASE DIAMETER (IN CM) AND SHAPE OF BASE: 6.5 cm, circular and flat

ESTIMATED VOLUME (IN LITERS): 1.5

DECORATION (INCLUDING MOTIF AND ELEMENTS WHEN APPARENT): The vessel has a red slip on both interior and exterior surfaces. The rim has upper and lower horizontal engraved lines with excised pendant triangle elements, and a central horizontal engraved line without pendant triangles. The central horizontal engraved line is connected to two sets of engraved diamond elements (with an inner diamond), and these alternate with circle elements offset from the central horizontal engraved line by upper and lower excised brackets. The circle elements have an inner diamond-shaped zone with a small central circle inside the diamond.

PIGMENT USE AND LOCATION ON VESSEL: none

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

Ripley Engraved, var. McKinney carinated bowl, No. 467, H. R. Taylor site.

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Keywords

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

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