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2018

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SITE NAME OR SITE NUMBER: Johns

VESSEL NO.: Burial 6, Pot 5

NON-PLASTICS: grog

VESSEL FORM: Carinated bowl

RIM AND LIP FORM: Direct rim and a rounded, exterior folded lip

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

INTERIOR SURFACE COLOR: very dark gray (10YR 3/1); organic residue on the rim

EXTERIOR SURFACE COLOR: light yellowish-brown (10YR 6/4); fire clouding on the body; organic residue on the rim

WALL THICKNESS (RIM, BODY, AND BASE IN MM): 8.0 mm, rim

INTERIOR SURFACE TREATMENT: smoothed

EXTERIOR SURFACE TREATMENT: burnished

HEIGHT (IN CM): 10.5

ORIFICE DIAMETER (IN CM): 28.5

DIAMETER AT BOTTOM OF RIM OR NECK (IN CM): 26.9

BASE DIAMETER (IN CM): 8.8

ESTIMATED VOLUME (IN LITERS): 1.8 liters

DECORATION: The rim has an engraved pendant triangle motif repeated four times around the vessel. The central element in the motif is a large engraved circle, with a smaller excised circle within it. A white kaolin clay pigment has also been rubbed in the engraved lines.

TYPE: Ripley Engraved, var. McKinney

Ripley Engraved, var. McKinney carinated bowl, Burial 6, Pot 5.

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Keywords

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

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