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2019

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VESSEL NO.: Burial 9, Vessel 62; 2003.08.726

NON-PLASTICS AND PASTE: grog; sandy paste

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: dark yellowish-brown

EXTERIOR SURFACE COLOR: reddish-brown; fire clouds on the rim and body

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

INTERIOR SURFACE TREATMENT: smoothed

EXTERIOR SURFACE TREATMENT: smoothed

HEIGHT (IN CM): 12.9

ORIFICE DIAMETER (IN CM): 29.0

DIAMETER AT BOTTOM OF RIM OR NECK (IN CM): 27.5

BASE DIAMETER (IN CM) AND SHAPE OF BASE: 7.5; circular and flat

ESTIMATED VOLUME (IN LITERS): 2.24

DECORATION (INCLUDING MOTIF AND ELEMENTS WHEN APPARENT): The rim panel has an engraved scroll motif repeated four times around the vessel. The horizontal scrolls are divided by vertical engraved brackets (with a central excised zone). Above and below each of the scrolls are a few small and widely spread 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, Enis Smith cemetery, Burial 9, Vessel 62.

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Keywords

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

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