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Creation Date
2019
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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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Recommended Citation
Perttula, Timothy K. and Selden, Robert Z. Jr., "Hyte, 2003.08.1578" (2019). Index of Texas Archaeology: Ripley Engraved. 298.
https://scholarworks.sfasu.edu/ita-ripleyengraved/298
Keywords
American Southeast, Caddo, Ceramic, Pottery, Archaeology, Anthropology
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