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Creation Date
2018
Description
SITE NAME OR SITE NUMBER: H. R. Taylor
VESSEL NO.: 427, Burial A-38
VESSEL FORM: Bottle
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: yellowish-brown
EXTERIOR SURFACE COLOR: yellowish-brown; fire clouds on the body and base
WALL THICKNESS (IN MM): rim, 5.4 mm
INTERIOR SURFACE TREATMENT: none
EXTERIOR SURFACE TREATMENT: none
HEIGHT (IN CM): 9.7
ORIFICE DIAMETER (IN CM): 3.0
DIAMETER AT BOTTOM OF RIM OR NECK (IN CM): 3.4; maximum body diameter: 6.4 cm
BASE DIAMETER (IN CM) AND SHAPE OF BASE: 4.0 cm, circular and flat
ESTIMATED VOLUME (IN LITERS): 0.16
DECORATION (INCLUDING MOTIF AND ELEMENTS WHEN APPARENT): The vessel body is divided in to four sections by vertical engraved lines that end in upper and lower open pendant triangles. Inside each side are sets of two nested diamond elements.
PIGMENT USE AND LOCATION ON VESSEL: none
TYPE AND VARIETY (IF KNOWN): Ripley Engraved, var. Ripley
Ripley Engraved, var. Ripley bottle (No. 427) in Burial A-38 at the H. R. Taylor site.
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Recommended Citation
Perttula, Timothy K. and Selden, Robert Z. Jr., "41HS3, 427, Burial A-38" (2018). Index of Texas Archaeology: Ripley Engraved. 184.
https://scholarworks.sfasu.edu/ita-ripleyengraved/184
Keywords
American Southeast, Caddo, Ceramic, Pottery, Archaeology, Anthropology
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