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SITE NAME OR SITE NUMBER: Johns

VESSEL NO.: Burial 16, Pot 8

NON-PLASTICS: grog and hematite

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: very pale brown (10YR 7/3); fire clouding on the base

EXTERIOR SURFACE COLOR: very pale brown (10YR 7/3); fire clouding on the body and base

WALL THICKNESS (RIM, BODY, AND BASE IN MM): 7.7 mm, rim

INTERIOR SURFACE TREATMENT: smoothed

EXTERIOR SURFACE TREATMENT: burnished

HEIGHT (IN CM): 7.2

ORIFICE DIAMETER (IN CM): 20.1

DIAMETER AT BOTTOM OF RIM OR NECK (IN CM): 15.3

BASE DIAMETER (IN CM): 7.9

ESTIMATED VOLUME (IN LITERS): 0.87 liters

DECORATION: The rim has an engraved circle and nested triangle motif repeated four times around the vessel. The central circle element has a small circle and crossed lines within it. The nested triangles include two with negative ovals, each with a central dashed line or spur; a third with a series of negative ovals, one of which has a small central dashed line or spur; and a fourth with a single negative oval. The fill zones above the nested triangles and between the nested triangles and the central circle elements consist of paired triangles with a series of near vertical hatched or engraved lines.

TYPE: Ripley Engraved, var. Cash

Ripley Engraved, var. Cash carinated bowl, Burial 16, Pot 8.

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Keywords

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

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