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2019

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VESSEL NO.: Burial 8, Vessel 30; 2003.08.274

NON-PLASTICS AND PASTE: grog

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: yellowish-brown; fire clouds on the lower body and base

EXTERIOR SURFACE COLOR: yellowish-brown; fire clouds on the rim, body, and base

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

INTERIOR SURFACE TREATMENT: smoothed

EXTERIOR SURFACE TREATMENT: smoothed

HEIGHT (IN CM): 11.0

ORIFICE DIAMETER (IN CM): 22.1

DIAMETER AT BOTTOM OF RIM OR NECK (IN CM): 22.0

BASE DIAMETER (IN CM) AND SHAPE OF BASE: 8.0; circular and flat

ESTIMATED VOLUME (IN LITERS): 1.5

DECORATION (INCLUDING MOTIF AND ELEMENTS WHEN APPARENT): The rim panel has an engraved circle and nested triangle motif repeated three times around the vessel. There is an extra fourth engraved circle on the rim panel, separated from the others by a vertical excised bracket. Each of the circles have a nested diamond element within, and the nested triangles alternate with the circles. The nested triangles have oval-shaped elements within, defined by small excised triangles within the larger nested triangle, and the ovals have a single distinctive spur element within them. Other elements include triangular-shaped zones with vertical engraved lines and a small excised triangle.

PIGMENT USE AND LOCATION ON VESSEL: none

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


Ripley Engraved, cf. var. Cash carinated bowl, Frank Smith cemetery, Burial 8, Vessel 30.

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Keywords

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

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