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SITE NAME OR SITE NUMBER: Patton

VESSEL NO.: 2003.08.763, Burial 5, Vessel No. 33

NON-PLASTICS AND PASTE: bone-grog

VESSEL FORM: Carinated bowl

RIM AND LIP FORM: Direct rim and a rounded, exterior folded lip

CORE COLOR: H (fired in a reducing environment and cooled in the open air)

INTERIOR SURFACE COLOR: yellowish-brown; fire clouds on the base

EXTERIOR SURFACE COLOR: very dark grayish-brown; fire clouds on the base

WALL THICKNESS (RIM, BODY, AND BASE IN MM): rim, 5.3 mm

INTERIOR SURFACE TREATMENT: smoothed

EXTERIOR SURFACE TREATMENT: smoothed

HEIGHT (IN CM): 8.1

ORIFICE DIAMETER (IN CM): 14.0

DIAMETER AT BOTTOM OF RIM OR NECK (IN CM): 8.0

BASE DIAMETER (IN CM) AND SHAPE OF BASE: 6.6; circular and flat

ESTIMATED VOLUME (IN LITERS): 0.67

DECORATION (INCLUDING MOTIF AND ELEMENTS WHEN APPARENT): The rim panel has an engraved pendant triangle motif repeated four times around the vessel. The central element between the horizontal scrolls, but not connected to them, is a circle with a small central dot. There are rows of excised pendant triangles both above and below the scroll motif, but not above the central circles.

PIGMENT USE AND LOCATION ON VESSEL: none

TYPE AND VARIETY [IF KNOWN]: Ripley Engraved, cf. var. McKinney

Ripley Engraved, cf. var. McKinney carinated bowl, Burial 5, Vessel No. 33, Patton site.

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Keywords

American Southwest, Caddo, Ceramic, Pottery, Archaeology, Anthropology

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