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2018

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SITE NAME OR SITE NUMBER: Johns

VESSEL NO.: Burial 15, Pot 4

NON-PLASTICS: grog and bone

VESSEL FORM: Carinated bowl

RIM AND LIP FORM: Direct rim and rounded lip

CORE COLOR: B (fired and cooled in a reducing environment)

INTERIOR SURFACE COLOR: very dark gray (10YR 3/1); organic residue on the rim

EXTERIOR SURFACE COLOR: very dark gray (10YR 3/1); organic residue on the rim and body

WALL THICKNESS (RIM, BODY, AND BASE IN MM): 7.2 mm, rim

INTERIOR SURFACE TREATMENT: smoothed

EXTERIOR SURFACE TREATMENT: burnished

HEIGHT (IN CM): 11.2

ORIFICE DIAMETER (IN CM): 24.3

DIAMETER AT BOTTOM OF RIM OR NECK (IN CM): 24.2

BASE DIAMETER (IN CM): 8.4

ESTIMATED VOLUME (IN LITERS): 1.6 liters

DECORATION: The rim has an engraved pendant triangle motif repeated four times around the vessel; the apex of the upper pendant triangles point towards the rim, while the lower pendant triangles point toward the carination. The central element is an engraved diamond, with a smaller diamond within it. A white kaolin clay pigment has been rubbed in the engraved lines.

TYPE: Ripley Engraved, var. McKinney

Ripley Engraved, var. McKinney carinated bowl, Burial 15, Pot 4.

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Keywords

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

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