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SITE NAME OR SITE NUMBER: H. R. Taylor

VESSEL NO.: Extra-34

VESSEL FORM: Carinated bowl

NON-PLASTICS AND PASTE: grog and bone

RIM AND LIP FORM: Direct rim and rounded lip

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

INTERIOR SURFACE COLOR: dark grayish-brown

EXTERIOR SURFACE COLOR: reddish-brown; fire clouds on the rim, body, and base

WALL THICKNESS (IN MM): rim, 6.6 mm

INTERIOR SURFACE TREATMENT: smoothed

EXTERIOR SURFACE TREATMENT: smoothed

HEIGHT (IN CM): 7.5

ORIFICE DIAMETER (IN CM): 14.5

DIAMETER AT BOTTOM OF RIM OR NECK (IN CM): 14.3

BASE DIAMETER (IN CM) AND SHAPE OF BASE: 6.8 cm, circular and flat

ESTIMATED VOLUME (IN LITERS): 0.7

DECORATION (INCLUDING MOTIF AND ELEMENTS WHEN APPARENT): The rim panel has six sets of engraved continuous scrolls (vertical-diagonal) with upper and lower scroll fill zones. The scroll fill zones have negative oval elements defined by vertical excised brackets. The vessel body has two stacked horizontal panels divided into 14 different rectangular sections by single vertical engraved lines that end in hatched or open pendant triangles. Each of the rectangular sections has a single linear excised punctate element.

PIGMENT USE AND LOCATION ON VESSEL: none

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

Ripley Engraved, cf. var. Carpenter carinated bowl (Extra-34) from the H. R. Taylor site.

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Keywords

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

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