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2019

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VESSEL NO.: Burial 4, Vessel 60; 2003.08.1416

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 lower body and base

WALL THICKNESS (RIM, BODY, AND BASE IN MM): rim, 8.6 mm; body, 7.8 mm; base, 7.0 mm

INTERIOR SURFACE TREATMENT: smoothed

EXTERIOR SURFACE TREATMENT: smoothed

HEIGHT (IN CM): 16.5

ORIFICE DIAMETER (IN CM): 29.5

DIAMETER AT BOTTOM OF RIM OR NECK (IN CM): 28.5

BASE DIAMETER (IN CM) AND SHAPE OF BASE: N/A

ESTIMATED VOLUME (IN LITERS): 4.4

DECORATION (INCLUDING MOTIF AND ELEMENTS WHEN APPARENT): The rim panel has a vertical-horizontal scroll motif repeated four times around the vessel. The scrolls are divided from each other by four cross-hatched and excised brackets. Above and below each of the scrolls are open and excised pendant triangles.

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

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

Ripley Engraved, cf. var. Gandy carinated bowl, Frank Smith cemetery, Burial 4, Vessel 60.

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Keywords

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

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