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Creation Date
2019
Description
VESSEL NO.: 5-10-85
VESSEL FORM: Carinated bowl
NON-PLASTICS AND PASTE: grog
RIM AND LIP FORM: Direct rim and rounded lip
CORE COLOR: B (fired and cooled in a reducing environment)
INTERIOR SURFACE COLOR: grayish-brown
EXTERIOR SURFACE COLOR: grayish-brown; fire clouds on the rim, body, and base
WALL THICKNESS (IN MM): rim, 8.6 mm
INTERIOR SURFACE TREATMENT: smoothed
EXTERIOR SURFACE TREATMENT: burnished
HEIGHT (IN CM): 11.5
ORIFICE DIAMETER (IN CM): 25.2
DIAMETER AT BOTTOM OF RIM OR NECK (IN CM): 22.0
BASE DIAMETER (IN CM) AND SHAPE OF BASE: 8.7; circular and flat
ESTIMATED VOLUME (IN LITERS): 1.7
DECORATION (INCLUDING MOTIF AND ELEMENTS WHEN APPARENT): The rim panel has an engraved horizontal scroll motif with central engraved triangle elements; the scrolls end in hooked arm elements. The central triangle elements have within them small negative ovals with excised rays. Above and below the horizontal scrolls are a series of excised pendant triangles.
PIGMENT USE AND LOCATION ON VESSEL: white in the engraved lines
TYPE AND VARIETY (IF KNOWN): cf. Ripley Engraved, var. McKinney
Ripley Engraved, var. McKinney carinated bowl: a, central triangle element; b, hooked arm elements on scroll motif.
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Recommended Citation
Perttula, Timothy K. and Selden, Robert Z. Jr., "Arms Creek, 5-10-85" (2019). Index of Texas Archaeology: Ripley Engraved. 414.
https://scholarworks.sfasu.edu/ita-ripleyengraved/414
Keywords
American Southwest, Caddo, Ceramic, Pottery, Archaeology, Anthropology
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