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2019

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VESSEL NO.: Burial 1, Vessel 3; 2003.08.270

NON-PLASTICS AND PASTE: grog

VESSEL FORM: Carinated bowl

RIM AND LIP FORM: Direct rim and a rounded, exterior folded lip

CORE COLOR: N/A

INTERIOR SURFACE COLOR: dark yellowish-brown; fire clouds on the rim and base; organic residue on the rim

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

WALL THICKNESS (RIM, BODY, AND BASE IN MM): rim, 6.9 mm

INTERIOR SURFACE TREATMENT: smoothed on the rim

EXTERIOR SURFACE TREATMENT: burnished

HEIGHT (IN CM): 11.0

ORIFICE DIAMETER (IN CM): 21.9

DIAMETER AT BOTTOM OF RIM OR NECK (IN CM): 21.4

BASE DIAMETER (IN CM) AND SHAPE OF BASE: 6.3; circular and flat

ESTIMATED VOLUME (IN LITERS): 1.44

DECORATION (INCLUDING MOTIF AND ELEMENTS WHEN APPARENT): The rim panel has an engraved scroll motif repeated four times around the vessel, with two central elements: diamond in a circle (twice) and hatched brackets (twice). The upper scroll fill zones are plain, while the lower scroll fill zones have ovals and excised vertical lines; the ovals have a single dash within them.

The vessel body has vertical brushing marks, an unusual decorative treatment in Titus phase fine wares.

PIGMENT USE AND LOCATION ON VESSEL: none

TYPE AND VARIETY [IF KNOWN]: Ripley Engraved, var. unspecified

Ripley Engraved, var. unspecified carinated bowl, Enis Smith site, Burial 1, Vessel 3.

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Keywords

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

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