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SITE NAME OR SITE NUMBER: H. R. Taylor

VESSEL NO.: 730, Burial A-56

VESSEL FORM: Bottle

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: red

WALL THICKNESS (IN MM): rim, 4.6 mm

INTERIOR SURFACE TREATMENT: none

EXTERIOR SURFACE TREATMENT: burnished

HEIGHT (IN CM): 17.3

ORIFICE DIAMETER (IN CM): 4.0

DIAMETER AT BOTTOM OF RIM OR NECK (IN CM): 4.9; maximum body diameter: 11.2 cm

BASE DIAMETER (IN CM) AND SHAPE OF BASE: 5.0 cm, circular and flat

ESTIMATED VOLUME (IN LITERS): 0.4

DECORATION (INCLUDING MOTIF AND ELEMENTS WHEN APPARENT): The exterior vessel surface has a red slip along with engraved elements. The upper part of the vessel body has three horizontal engraved lines, and there are two horizontal engraved lines at the bottom of the body. Between the horizontal engraved lines are four sets of upper and lower large stacked engraved pendant triangles with an inner triangle element. Between the stacked triangles are four separate large oval or tear-shaped engraved elements with an inner oval-shaped element.

PIGMENT USE AND LOCATION ON VESSEL: none

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

Ripley Engraved, var. unspecified bottle, No. 730, H. R. Taylor site.

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Keywords

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

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