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SITE NAME OR SITE NUMBER: Patton

VESSEL NO.: 2003.08.594, Burial 4, Vessel No. 22

NON-PLASTICS AND PASTE: grog

VESSEL FORM: Carinated bowl

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; fire clouds on the rim, body, and base

EXTERIOR SURFACE COLOR: brown; fire clouds on the rim, body, and base

WALL THICKNESS (RIM, BODY, AND BASE IN MM): rim, 6.2 mm

INTERIOR SURFACE TREATMENT: smoothed

EXTERIOR SURFACE TREATMENT: burnished

HEIGHT (IN CM): 7.4

ORIFICE DIAMETER (IN CM): 18.8

DIAMETER AT BOTTOM OF RIM OR NECK (IN CM): 18.5

BASE DIAMETER (IN CM) AND SHAPE OF BASE: 7.3; circular and flat

ESTIMATED VOLUME (IN LITERS): 0.83

DECORATION (INCLUDING MOTIF AND ELEMENTS WHEN APPARENT): The rim panel has an engraved horizontal scroll with diamond and circle central elements each repeated two times. Both central elements have small negative circles with excised rays. There are upper and lower rows of excised pendant triangles along the scrolls. There is also an interior horizontal engraved line at the carination.

PIGMENT USE AND LOCATION ON VESSEL: none

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

Ripley Engraved, var. McKinney carinated bowl, Burial 4, Vessel No. 22, Patton site.

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Keywords

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

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