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Creation Date
2019
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SITE NAME OR SITE NUMBER: Hyte
VESSEL NO.: 2003.08.1108[a], Burial 2
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: dark yellowish-brown
EXTERIOR SURFACE COLOR: yellowish-brown
WALL THICKNESS (RIM, BODY, AND BASE IN MM): rim, 4.9 mm; body, 5.7 mm
INTERIOR SURFACE TREATMENT: smoothed
EXTERIOR SURFACE TREATMENT: burnished
HEIGHT (IN CM): 8.2
ORIFICE DIAMETER (IN CM): 18.0
DIAMETER AT BOTTOM OF RIM OR NECK (IN CM): 17.9
BASE DIAMETER (IN CM) AND SHAPE OF BASE: 6.6; circular and flat
ESTIMATED VOLUME (IN LITERS): 0.88
DECORATION (INCLUDING MOTIF AND ELEMENTS WHEN APPARENT): The rim panel has an engraved interlocking horizontal scroll motif repeated four times around the vessel. The dividers between the motifs are cross-hatched brackets; smaller cross-hatched brackets serve to interlock the scrolls.
PIGMENT USE AND LOCATION ON VESSEL: white pigment in engraved lines
TYPE AND VARIETY [IF KNOWN]: Ripley Engraved, var. Pilgrims
Ripley Engraved, var. Pilgrims carinated bowl rim sherds, Burial 2, Hyte site.
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Recommended Citation
Perttula, Timothy K. and Selden, Robert Z. Jr., "Hyte, 2003.08.1108[a], Burial 2" (2019). Index of Texas Archaeology: Ripley Engraved. 301.
https://scholarworks.sfasu.edu/ita-ripleyengraved/301
Keywords
American Southeast, Caddo, Ceramic, Pottery, Archaeology, Anthropology
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