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SITE NAME OR SITE NUMBER: Hyte

VESSEL NO.: 2003.08.1578

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: reddish-brown; fire clouds on the rim, body, and base

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

WALL THICKNESS (RIM, BODY, AND BASE IN MM): rim, 4.2 mm; body, 5.3 mm

INTERIOR SURFACE TREATMENT: smoothed

EXTERIOR SURFACE TREATMENT: smoothed

HEIGHT (IN CM): 5.4

ORIFICE DIAMETER (IN CM): 15.5

DIAMETER AT BOTTOM OF RIM OR NECK (IN CM): 14.6

BASE DIAMETER (IN CM) AND SHAPE OF BASE: 4.4; circular and flat

ESTIMATED VOLUME (IN LITERS): 0.50

DECORATION (INCLUDING MOTIF AND ELEMENTS WHEN APPARENT): The rim panel has an engraved scroll motif repeated four times around the vessel. The motifs are divided by excised brackets with negative backwards S-shaped elements. The upper and lower scroll fill zones have two negative ovals and cross-hatched zones.

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

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

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

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Keywords

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

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