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Creation Date
2018
Description
Vessel 81 (2003.08.1259)
NON-PLASTICS AND PASTE: grog
VESSEL FORM: Carinated bowl with rim peaks
RIM AND LIP FORM: direct rim and a rounded, exterior folded lip
CORE COLOR: G (fired in a reducing environment and cooled in the open air)
INTERIOR SURFACE COLOR: dark grayish-brown
EXTERIOR SURFACE COLOR: yellowish-brown
WALL THICKNESS (RIM, BODY, AND BASE IN MM): rim, 6.7 mm; body, 6.5 mm
INTERIOR SURFACE TREATMENT: none
EXTERIOR SURFACE TREATMENT: none
HEIGHT (IN CM): ca. 16.0; rim panel is 5.7 cm in height
ORIFICE DIAMETER (IN CM): 28.0
DIAMETER AT BOTTOM OF RIM OR NECK (IN CM): 27.5
BASE DIAMETER (IN CM): N/A
ESTIMATED VOLUME (IN LITERS): 4.0+
DECORATION (INCLUDING MOTIF AND ELEMENTS WHEN APPARENT): The rim panel has upper and lower engraved scroll fill zones with nearly vertical hatched lines; the central element of the scroll is not discernible.
PIGMENT USE AND LOCATION ON VESSEL: white pigment in the engraved lines on the rim panel
TYPE [IF KNOWN]: Ripley Engraved, var. unspecified
Sherds from a Ripley Engraved, var. unspecified carinated bowl, Vessel 81, Burial 17.
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Recommended Citation
Perttula, Timothy K. and Selden, Robert Z. Jr., "Vessel, 81, Burial 17, 2003.08.1259" (2018). Index of Texas Archaeology: Ripley Engraved. 252.
https://scholarworks.sfasu.edu/ita-ripleyengraved/252
Keywords
American Southeast, Caddo, Ceramic, Pottery, Archaeology, Anthropology
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