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2019

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VESSEL NO.: Burial 7, Vessel 26; 2003.08.88

NON-PLASTICS AND PASTE: grog; sandy paste

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: red

EXTERIOR SURFACE COLOR: red

WALL THICKNESS (RIM, BODY, AND BASE IN MM): rim, 5.6 mm

INTERIOR SURFACE TREATMENT: smoothed

EXTERIOR SURFACE TREATMENT: smoothed

HEIGHT (IN CM): 7.0

ORIFICE DIAMETER (IN CM): 15.5

DIAMETER AT BOTTOM OF RIM OR NECK (IN CM): 13.0

BASE DIAMETER (IN CM) AND SHAPE OF BASE: 5.0; circular and flat

ESTIMATED VOLUME (IN LITERS): 0.65

DECORATION (INCLUDING MOTIF AND ELEMENTS WHEN APPARENT): The vessel has a red slip on both interior and exterior surfaces. The rim panel features two central engraved circles (each with a central excised dot) that alternate with two engraved nested diamonds (each with a smaller engraved diamond within). The nested diamond element is in a central place in a horizontal scroll, and above and below the scroll line are excised pendant triangles and oval-shaped excised dashes. The scrolls end at upper and lower excised brackets.

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

PIGMENT USE AND LOCATION ON VESSEL: none

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

Ripley Engraved, var. McKinney carinated bowl, Frank Smith cemetery, Burial 7, Vessel 26.

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Keywords

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

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