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Creation Date
2018
Description
SITE NAME OR SITE NUMBER: A. Davis Burial site
VESSEL NO.: 2003.08.1380
NON-PLASTICS AND PASTE: 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: dark brown
EXTERIOR SURFACE COLOR: brown
WALL THICKNESS (RIM, BODY, AND BASE IN MM): rim, 6.2 mm; body, 7.0 mm
INTERIOR SURFACE TREATMENT: smoothed
EXTERIOR SURFACE TREATMENT: burnished
HEIGHT (IN CM): 6.8
ORIFICE DIAMETER (IN CM): 12.1
DIAMETER AT BOTTOM OF RIM OR NECK (IN CM): 12.2
BASE DIAMETER (IN CM) AND SHAPE OF BASE: 5.3; flat and circular
ESTIMATED VOLUME (IN LITERS): 0.49
DECORATION (INCLUDING MOTIF AND ELEMENTS WHEN APPARENT): The rim panel has an engraved interlocking horizontal scroll motif repeated four times around the vessel. The main part of the horizontal scroll is connected to the upper part of the rim and the vessel carination with hatched brackets. There are engraved hooked arms on either side of the interlocking horizontal scrolls. Each repeating motif is divided by a hatched bracket.
PIGMENT USE AND LOCATION ON VESSEL: white pigment
TYPE AND VARIETY [IF KNOWN]: Ripley Engraved, var. Pilgrims
Ripley Engraved, var. Pilgrims carinated bowl, Burial 2, A. Davis site.
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Recommended Citation
Perttula, Timothy K. and Selden, Robert Z. Jr., "A. Davis Burial Site, Burial 2, 2003.08.1380" (2018). Index of Texas Archaeology: Ripley Engraved. 269.
https://scholarworks.sfasu.edu/ita-ripleyengraved/269
Keywords
American Southeast, Caddo, Ceramic, Pottery, Archaeology, Anthropology
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