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2018

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SITE NAME OR SITE NUMBER: Johns

VESSEL NO.: Burial 7, Pot 4

NON-PLASTICS: grog

VESSEL FORM: Carinated bowl

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

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

INTERIOR SURFACE COLOR: brown (10YR 5/3); fire clouding on the rim, body, and base

EXTERIOR SURFACE COLOR: brown (10YR 5/3); fire clouding on the rim, body, and base

WALL THICKNESS (RIM, BODY, AND BASE IN MM): 6.5 mm, rim

INTERIOR SURFACE TREATMENT: burnished on the rim and smoothed on the body

EXTERIOR SURFACE TREATMENT: burnished

HEIGHT (IN CM): 6.8

ORIFICE DIAMETER (IN CM): 16.9

DIAMETER AT BOTTOM OF RIM OR NECK (IN CM): 14.9

BASE DIAMETER (IN CM): 7.5

ESTIMATED VOLUME (IN LITERS): 0.69 liters

DECORATION: The rim has an engraved pendant triangle motif repeated four times around the vessel. The central elements include two alternating circles and diamonds. The circle and diamond elements both have excised circles with rays within them. A white kaolin clay pigment has been rubbed in the engraved lines.

TYPE: Ripley Engraved, var. McKinney

Ripley Engraved, var. McKinney carinated bowl, Burial 7, Pot 4.

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Keywords

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

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