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Creation Date
2019
Description
VESSEL NO.: Burial 1, Vessel 7; 2003.08.566
NON-PLASTICS AND PASTE: grog and hematite; fine sandy paste
VESSEL FORM: Carinated bowl
RIM AND LIP FORM: Direct rim and a rounded, exterior folded lip
CORE COLOR: G (fired in a reducing environment and cooled in the open air)
INTERIOR SURFACE COLOR: grayish-brown
EXTERIOR SURFACE COLOR: yellowish-brown; fire clouds on the rim, body and base
WALL THICKNESS (RIM, BODY, AND BASE IN MM): rim, 7.3 mm
INTERIOR SURFACE TREATMENT: smoothed
EXTERIOR SURFACE TREATMENT: smoothed
HEIGHT (IN CM): 12.9
ORIFICE DIAMETER (IN CM): 27.2
DIAMETER AT BOTTOM OF RIM OR NECK (IN CM): 26.0
BASE DIAMETER (IN CM) AND SHAPE OF BASE: 8.9; circular and flat
ESTIMATED VOLUME (IN LITERS): 2.1
DECORATION (INCLUDING MOTIF AND ELEMENTS WHEN APPARENT): The rim panel has alternating central circles and nested diamond engraved elements repeated four times around the vessel. Both the circles and nested diamonds have a smaller inner diamond element; the diamond element within the circle has four rays or spurs at the corners. The nested diamond element is at the center of a horizontal scroll that ends with upper and lower brackets. Above and below each of the scrolls are excised pendant triangles.
PIGMENT USE AND LOCATION ON VESSEL: white pigment in the engraved lines
TYPE AND VARIETY [IF KNOWN]: Ripley Engraved, var. McKinney
Ripley Engraved, var. McKinney carinated bowl, Herbert Taft cemetery, Burial 1, Vessel 7.
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Recommended Citation
Perttula, Timothy K. and Selden, Robert Z. Jr., "41UR320, Burial 1, Vessel 7, 2003.08.566" (2019). Index of Texas Archaeology: Ripley Engraved. 341.
https://scholarworks.sfasu.edu/ita-ripleyengraved/341
Keywords
American Southwest, Caddo, Ceramic, Pottery, Archaeology, Anthropology
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