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Creation Date
2018
Description
SITE NAME OR SITE NUMBER: Johns
VESSEL NO.: Burial 14, Pot 4
NON-PLASTICS: grog and bone
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: very dark grayish-brown (10YR 3/2)
EXTERIOR SURFACE COLOR: light yellowish-brown (10YR 6/4); fire clouding on the body and base
WALL THICKNESS (RIM, BODY, AND BASE IN MM): 7.1 mm, rim
INTERIOR SURFACE TREATMENT: burnished
EXTERIOR SURFACE TREATMENT: burnished
HEIGHT (IN CM): 6.1
ORIFICE DIAMETER (IN CM): 16.5
DIAMETER AT BOTTOM OF RIM OR NECK (IN CM): 14.5
BASE DIAMETER (IN CM): 6.5
ESTIMATED VOLUME (IN LITERS): 0.60 liters
DECORATION: The rim has an engraved circle and nested triangle motif repeated three times around the vessel. Each circle has a small open inner circle within it. The nested triangles have excised corners and an oval-shaped element with a single spur or large excised tick mark within it. A white kaolin clay pigment has also been rubbed in the engraved lines.
TYPE: Ripley Engraved, var. Cash
Ripley Engraved, var. Cash carinated bowl, Burial 14, Pot 4.
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Recommended Citation
Perttula, Timothy K. and Selden, Robert Z. Jr., "41CP12, Burial 14, Pot 4" (2018). Index of Texas Archaeology: Ripley Engraved. 39.
https://scholarworks.sfasu.edu/ita-ripleyengraved/39
Keywords
American Southeast, Caddo, Ceramic, Pottery, Archaeology, Anthropology
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