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2018

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SITE NAME OR SITE NUMBER: Johns

VESSEL NO.: Burial 18, Pot 16

NON-PLASTICS: grog

VESSEL FORM: Bottle with a flaring neck; square body in plan view with four body peaks

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: very pale brown (10YR 7/4)

EXTERIOR SURFACE COLOR: very pale brown (10YR 7/4)

WALL THICKNESS (RIM, BODY, AND BASE IN MM): 5.6 mm, neck

INTERIOR SURFACE TREATMENT: none

EXTERIOR SURFACE TREATMENT: smoothed

HEIGHT (IN CM): 19.5

ORIFICE DIAMETER (IN CM): 4.5

DIAMETER AT BOTTOM OF RIM OR NECK (IN CM): 5.1; 12.3 cm maximum body diameter

BASE DIAMETER (IN CM): 8.5

ESTIMATED VOLUME (IN LITERS): 0.66 liters

DECORATION: The upper part of the vessel body has three horizontal engraved lines. Below these lines, the vessel body has four sets of large engraved circles and adjacent diamonds, with engraved and excised semi-circular elements above and below the large central engraved circles. The body peaks are in the approximate center of each engraved circle, and there is a surrounding ticked semi-circle around the body peak. Each diamond has a central oblong engraved element with tick marks on it. A red clay pigment has been rubbed in the engraved lines.

TYPE: Ripley Engraved, var. Ripley

Ripley Engraved, var. Ripley bottle, Burial 18, Pot 16.

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Keywords

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

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