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2020
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SITE NAME OR SITE NUMBER: Tuck Carpenter
VESSEL NO.: Burial 21, Pot 12
NON-PLASTICS: grog and bone
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: pale brown (10YR 6/3)
EXTERIOR SURFACE COLOR: pale brown (10YR 6/3); fire clouding on the body and base
WALL THICKNESS (RIM, BODY, AND BASE IN MM): 5.1 mm, rim
INTERIOR SURFACE TREATMENT: burnished
EXTERIOR SURFACE TREATMENT: burnished
HEIGHT (IN CM): 5.3
ORIFICE DIAMETER (IN CM): 11.6
DIAMETER AT BOTTOM OF RIM OR NECK (IN CM): 10.2
BASE DIAMETER (IN CM): 4.8
ESTIMATED VOLUME (IN LITERS): 0.37 liters
DECORATION: The rim panel has four sets of nested engraved triangle motifs around the vessel. Each set includes a excised triangle with a negative oval within it, as well as a large triangle nested above it; the apex of both points towards the vessel rim. There are also two small excised triangles with negative ovals pendant from the rim, and on either side of the larger nested triangle element. There are also interior engraved lines at the carination and around the base.
TYPE: Ripley Engraved, var. unspecified, but cf. var. Williams
Ripley Engraved, var. unspecified carinated bowl, Burial 21, Pot 12, Tuck Carpenter site.
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Recommended Citation
Perttula, Timothy K. and Selden, Robert Z. Jr., "41CP5, Burial 21, Pot 12" (2020). Index of Texas Archaeology: Ripley Engraved. 464.
https://scholarworks.sfasu.edu/ita-ripleyengraved/464
Keywords
American Southwest, Caddo, Ceramic, Pottery, Archaeology, Anthropology
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