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Creation Date

2018

Description

Vessel 121 (2003.08.1424)

NON-PLASTICS AND PASTE: grog and sandy paste

VESSEL FORM: Compound bowl

RIM AND LIP FORM: everted rim and a rounded lip

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

INTERIOR SURFACE COLOR: reddish-brown; fire clouding on the base

EXTERIOR SURFACE COLOR: reddish-brown; fire clouding on the base

WALL THICKNESS (RIM, BODY, AND BASE IN MM): rim, 5.6 mm; body, 6.6 mm; base, 7.0 mm

INTERIOR SURFACE TREATMENT: smoothed

EXTERIOR SURFACE TREATMENT: smoothed

HEIGHT (IN CM): 9.5

ORIFICE DIAMETER (IN CM): 18.0

DIAMETER AT BOTTOM OF RIM OR NECK (IN CM): 15.0

BASE DIAMETER (IN CM): 6.5

ESTIMATED VOLUME (IN LITERS): 1.4

DECORATION (INCLUDING MOTIF AND ELEMENTS WHEN APPARENT): The lower rim panel has an unknown number of engraved concentric semi-circles that would have encircled the vessel. Each concentric semi-circle element is separated from the areas by a series of rectilinear zones filled with vertical hatched, horizontal hatched, or diagonal engraved lines.

PIGMENT USE AND LOCATION ON VESSEL:

TYPE [IF KNOWN]: Ripley Engraved, var. unspecified

Ripley Engraved, var. unspecified compound bowl, Vessel 121, Burial 24.

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Keywords

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

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