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Creation Date
2019
Description
VESSEL NO.: 2003.08.1041
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: reddish-brown
EXTERIOR SURFACE COLOR: reddish-brown; fire clouds on the rim and body
WALL THICKNESS (RIM, BODY, AND BASE IN MM): rim, 7.6 mm; body, 7.0 mm; base, 9.5 mm
INTERIOR SURFACE TREATMENT: smoothed
EXTERIOR SURFACE TREATMENT: smoothed
HEIGHT (IN CM): 12.5
ORIFICE DIAMETER (IN CM): 31.0
DIAMETER AT BOTTOM OF RIM OR NECK (IN CM): 31.0
BASE DIAMETER (IN CM) AND SHAPE OF BASE: 6.2; flat and circular
ESTIMATED VOLUME (IN LITERS): 2.3
DECORATION (INCLUDING MOTIF AND ELEMENTS WHEN APPARENT): The rim panel has an engraved scroll and circle motif probably repeated four times around the vessel. The upper and lower scroll fill zones have excised and cross-hatched triangular areas and negative ovals; the negative ovals have a single short vertical engraved line within them.
PIGMENT USE AND LOCATION ON VESSEL: none
TYPE AND VARIETY [IF KNOWN]: Ripley Engraved, var. Galt
Ripley Engraved, var. Galt carinated bowl, Henry Williams cemetery, Burial 2, Vessel 2003.08.1041.
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Recommended Citation
Perttula, Timothy K. and Selden, Robert Z. Jr., "41UR318, Burial 2, 2003.08.1041" (2019). Index of Texas Archaeology: Ripley Engraved. 368.
https://scholarworks.sfasu.edu/ita-ripleyengraved/368
Keywords
American Southwest, Caddo, Ceramic, Pottery, Archaeology, Anthropology
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