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Creation Date

2018

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VESSEL NO.: 2003.08.1344

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 yellowish-brown; fire clouding on the rim and body

EXTERIOR SURFACE COLOR: yellowish-brown; fire clouding on the rim and body

WALL THICKNESS (RIM, BODY, AND BASE IN MM): body, 3.7 mm; base, 5.6 mm

INTERIOR SURFACE TREATMENT: smoothed

EXTERIOR SURFACE TREATMENT: burnished

HEIGHT (IN CM): 8.2

ORIFICE DIAMETER (IN CM): 14.9

DIAMETER AT BOTTOM OF RIM OR NECK (IN CM): 14.8

BASE DIAMETER (IN CM): N/A

ESTIMATED VOLUME (IN LITERS): 0.73

DECORATION (INCLUDING MOTIF AND ELEMENTS WHEN APPARENT): The rim panel is decorated with four sets of alternate nested engraved triangles. Each triangle has hatched or engraved corners, outlining three small triangles within the larger nested triangle.

PIGMENT USE AND LOCATION ON VESSEL: red pigment in the engraved lines

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

Ripley Engraved, var. Williams carinated bowl, Vessel No. 2003.08.1344.

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Keywords

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

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