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Creation Date
2019
Description
VESSEL NO.: 2003.08.1964
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: yellowish-brown
EXTERIOR SURFACE COLOR: yellowish-brown; fire clouds on the rim and body
WALL THICKNESS (RIM, BODY, AND BASE IN MM): rim, 7.1 mm; body, 7.3 mm
INTERIOR SURFACE TREATMENT: smoothed
EXTERIOR SURFACE TREATMENT: smoothed
HEIGHT (IN CM): N/A; upper and lower rim panel height is 11.0 cm
ORIFICE DIAMETER (IN CM): 33.0
DIAMETER AT BOTTOM OF RIM OR NECK (IN CM): 32.0
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 has three widely-spaced horizontal engraved lines. The lower rim panel is decorated with an engraved scroll and circle motif repeated four times around the vessel. The central circles have an inner diamond element with a negative oval. The upper and lower scroll fill zones consist of triangular-shaped elements.
PIGMENT USE AND LOCATION ON VESSEL: none
TYPE AND VARIETY [IF KNOWN]: Ripley Engraved, var. Galt
Ripley Engraved, var. Galt compound bowl, Henry Williams cemetery, Burial 32, Vessel 2003.08.1964: a-b, circle element and scroll fill zone.
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Recommended Citation
Perttula, Timothy K. and Selden, Robert Z. Jr., "41RU318, Burial 32, 2003.08.1964" (2019). Index of Texas Archaeology: Ripley Engraved. 327.
https://scholarworks.sfasu.edu/ita-ripleyengraved/327
Keywords
American Southwest, Caddo, Ceramic, Pottery, Archaeology, Anthropology
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