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2019

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VESSEL NO.: 2003.08.846

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: yellowish-brown; fire clouding on the rim

EXTERIOR SURFACE COLOR: dark yellowish-brown; fire clouds on the rim and body; charred organic residue on the rim and body

WALL THICKNESS (RIM, BODY, AND BASE IN MM): rim, 6.0 mm; body, 6.8 mm

INTERIOR SURFACE TREATMENT: smoothed

EXTERIOR SURFACE TREATMENT: smoothed

HEIGHT (IN CM): 10.2

ORIFICE DIAMETER (IN CM): 23.3

DIAMETER AT BOTTOM OF RIM OR NECK (IN CM): 21.5

BASE DIAMETER (IN CM) AND SHAPE OF BASE: 6.2; flat and circular

ESTIMATED VOLUME (IN LITERS): 1.4

DECORATION (INCLUDING MOTIF AND ELEMENTS WHEN APPARENT): The rim panel has engraved scrolls repeated four times around the vessel. The scrolls are divided by excised brackets or dividers with negative ovals or triangles. 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, cf. var. Gandy

Ripley Engraved, cf. var. Gandy carinated bowl, Henry Williams cemetery, Burial 1, Vessel 2003.08.846.

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Keywords

American Southwest, Caddo, Ceramic, Pottery, Archaeology, Anthropology

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