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2019

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VESSEL NO.: Burial 10, Vessel 41; 2003.08.192

NON-PLASTICS AND PASTE: grog

VESSEL FORM: Carinated bowl

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

CORE COLOR: F (fired in a reducing environment and cooled in the open air)

INTERIOR SURFACE COLOR: red; fire clouds on the base

EXTERIOR SURFACE COLOR: red; fire clouds on the base

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

INTERIOR SURFACE TREATMENT: smoothed

EXTERIOR SURFACE TREATMENT: smoothed

HEIGHT (IN CM): 7.8

ORIFICE DIAMETER (IN CM): 16.3

DIAMETER AT BOTTOM OF RIM OR NECK (IN CM): 13.3

BASE DIAMETER (IN CM) AND SHAPE OF BASE: 6.8; circular and flat

ESTIMATED VOLUME (IN LITERS): 0.76

DECORATION (INCLUDING MOTIF AND ELEMENTS WHEN APPARENT): The vessel has a red slip on both interior and exterior vessel surfaces. The engraved motif on the rim panel features two alternating central circles and two nested diamonds. The central circles have a small diamond and negative circle element within them, while the nested diamonds have a small diamond within them. The nested diamonds are at the center of a horizontal scroll with upper and lower excised brackets. Above and below each scroll are single rows of small excised pendant triangles and engraved dashes.

There is a single horizontal engraved line on the interior vessel surface at the carination.

PIGMENT USE AND LOCATION ON VESSEL: white pigment in engraved lines

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

Ripley Engraved, var. McKinney carinated bowl, Frank Smith cemetery, Burial 10, Vessel 41.

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Keywords

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

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