Title

Hyte, 2003.08.1967

Creator

Timothy K. Perttula, Heritage Research Center, Stephen F. Austin State UniversityFollow
Robert Z. Selden Jr., Heritage Research Center, Stephen F. Austin State UniversityFollow

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Creation Date

2019

Description

SITE NAME OR SITE NUMBER: Hyte

VESSEL NO.: 2003.08.1967

NON-PLASTICS AND PASTE: grog

VESSEL FORM: Carinated bowl

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

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

INTERIOR SURFACE COLOR: dark grayish-brown

EXTERIOR SURFACE COLOR: grayish-brown; fire clouds on the body

WALL THICKNESS (RIM, BODY, AND BASE IN MM): rim, 4.9 mm; body, 6.7 mm; base, 8.7 mm

INTERIOR SURFACE TREATMENT: smoothed

EXTERIOR SURFACE TREATMENT: burnished

HEIGHT (IN CM): 5.0

ORIFICE DIAMETER (IN CM): 13.0

DIAMETER AT BOTTOM OF RIM OR NECK (IN CM): 12.8

BASE DIAMETER (IN CM) AND SHAPE OF BASE: N/A

ESTIMATED VOLUME (IN LITERS): 0.39

DECORATION (INCLUDING MOTIF AND ELEMENTS WHEN APPARENT): The rim has an engraved horizontal scroll with a small circle as a central element; the scroll and circle are repeated four times around the vessel. The upper and lower scroll fill zones have a series of short vertical engraved lines.

PIGMENT USE AND LOCATION ON VESSEL: white in the engraved lines

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

Ripley Engraved, var. unspecified carinated bowl rim sherds, Hyte site.

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Recommended Citation

Perttula, Timothy K. and Selden, Robert Z. Jr., "Hyte, 2003.08.1967" (2019). Index of Texas Archaeology: Ripley Engraved. 296.
https://scholarworks.sfasu.edu/ita-ripleyengraved/296