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SITE NAME OR SITE NUMBER: H. R. Taylor

VESSEL NO.: 446, Burial A-40

VESSEL FORM: Jar

NON-PLASTICS AND PASTE: grog

RIM AND LIP FORM: Everted rim and rounded lip

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

INTERIOR SURFACE COLOR: very dark grayish-brown; organic remains on the rim

EXTERIOR SURFACE COLOR: dark yellowish-brown; fire clouds on the rim, body, and base; organic remains on the rim and body

WALL THICKNESS (IN MM): rim, 5.4 mm

INTERIOR SURFACE TREATMENT: smoothed

EXTERIOR SURFACE TREATMENT: smoothed

HEIGHT (IN CM): 11.6

ORIFICE DIAMETER (IN CM): 12.0

DIAMETER AT BOTTOM OF RIM OR NECK (IN CM): 11.6

BASE DIAMETER (IN CM) AND SHAPE OF BASE: 6.0 cm, circular and flat

ESTIMATED VOLUME (IN LITERS): 0.8

DECORATION (INCLUDING MOTIF AND ELEMENTS WHEN APPARENT): The rim of the vessel has three horizontal engraved lines. The vessel body is divided into four sections by single vertical lines that end in upper and lower open pendant triangles. Each section has three concentric engraved circles, with a small inner circle with tick marks or sun ray elements.

PIGMENT USE AND LOCATION ON VESSEL: none

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

Ripley Engraved, var. Ripley jar (No. 446) in Burial A-40 at the H. R. Taylor site.

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Keywords

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

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