Title

Hyte, 2003.08.1966

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.: 2003.08.1966

NON-PLASTICS AND PASTE: grog

VESSEL FORM: Compound bowl

RIM AND LIP FORM: Everted rim and rounded lip

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

INTERIOR SURFACE COLOR: dark yellowish-brown

EXTERIOR SURFACE COLOR: dark yellowish-brown; fire clouds on the rim

WALL THICKNESS (RIM, BODY, AND BASE IN MM): rim, 6.9 mm; body, 7.2 mm

INTERIOR SURFACE TREATMENT: burnished

EXTERIOR SURFACE TREATMENT: burnished

HEIGHT (IN CM): N/A

ORIFICE DIAMETER (IN CM): 31.0

DIAMETER AT BOTTOM OF RIM OR NECK (IN CM): 29.6

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

ESTIMATED VOLUME (IN LITERS): N/A

DECORATION (INCLUDING MOTIF AND ELEMENTS WHEN APPARENT): The upper rim panel on this large vessel has three widely-spaced horizontal engraved lines. The lower rim panel has an engraved slanting scroll and circle motif repeated an unknown number of times. Each central circle element has two inner circles, one of which has small excised tick marks on it. The scroll fill zones have negative ovals outlined by hatched lines.

PIGMENT USE AND LOCATION ON VESSEL: none

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

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

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Recommended Citation

Perttula, Timothy K. and Selden, Robert Z. Jr., "Hyte, 2003.08.1966" (2019). Index of Texas Archaeology: Ripley Engraved. 297.
https://scholarworks.sfasu.edu/ita-ripleyengraved/297