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SITE NAME OR SITE NUMBER: H. R. Taylor

VESSEL NO.: 644, Burial A-49

VESSEL FORM: Compound bowl

NON-PLASTICS AND PASTE: grog and bone

RIM AND LIP FORM: Everted rim and rounded lip

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

INTERIOR SURFACE COLOR: yellowish-brown; fire clouds on the rim, body, and base

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

WALL THICKNESS (IN MM): rim, 8.2 mm

INTERIOR SURFACE TREATMENT: smoothed

EXTERIOR SURFACE TREATMENT: smoothed

HEIGHT (IN CM): 26.5

ORIFICE DIAMETER (IN CM): 37.6

DIAMETER AT BOTTOM OF RIM OR NECK (IN CM): 31.2

BASE DIAMETER (IN CM) AND SHAPE OF BASE: 9.5 cm, circular and flat

ESTIMATED VOLUME (IN LITERS): 8.0

DECORATION (INCLUDING MOTIF AND ELEMENTS WHEN APPARENT): The vessel’s upper panel has a single horizontal engraved line under the lip and another mid-panel. The lower panel has an engraved scroll and circle motif repeated eight times. The central engraved circles each have a single inner open diamond. The upper and lower scroll fill zones have a series of negative ovals defined by vertical excised brackets.

PIGMENT USE AND LOCATION ON VESSEL: none

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

Ripley Engraved, var. Galt compound bowl, No. 644, H. R. Taylor site.

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Keywords

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

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