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SITE NAME OR SITE NUMBER: Johns

VESSEL NO.: Burial 8, Pot 4

NON-PLASTICS: grog and bone

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: light yellowish-brown (10YR 6/4); fire clouding on the rim and body

EXTERIOR SURFACE COLOR: brown (7.5YR 5/3); fire clouding on the rim and body; organic residue on the rim and upper body

WALL THICKNESS (RIM, BODY, AND BASE IN MM): 7.4 mm, rim; 7.8 mm, body; 13.0 mm, base

INTERIOR SURFACE TREATMENT: smoothed

EXTERIOR SURFACE TREATMENT: smoothed

HEIGHT (IN CM): 18.0

ORIFICE DIAMETER (IN CM): 32.0

DIAMETER AT BOTTOM OF RIM OR NECK (IN CM): 30.5

BASE DIAMETER (IN CM): 9.2

ESTIMATED VOLUME (IN LITERS): 5.2 liters

DECORATION: The rim has an engraved scroll motif repeated four times around the vessel. The outer engraved line on both the upper and lower scroll fill zones has triangular tick marks. The scrolls are divided by four cross-hatched vertical columns. A white kaolin clay pigment has also been rubbed in the engraved lines.

TYPE: cf. Ripley Engraved, var. Gandy

Ripley Engraved, var. Gandy carinated bowl, Burial 8, Pot 4.

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Keywords

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

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