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SITE NAME OR SITE NUMBER: Tuck Carpenter

VESSEL NO.: Burial 3, Pot 3

NON-PLASTICS: 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: pale brown (10YR 6/3); fire clouding on the body and base

EXTERIOR SURFACE COLOR: pale brown (10YR 6/3); fire clouding on the base

WALL THICKNESS (RIM, BODY, AND BASE IN MM): 6.0 mm, rim; 5.4 mm, body

INTERIOR SURFACE TREATMENT: smoothed

EXTERIOR SURFACE TREATMENT: burnished

HEIGHT (IN CM): 11.6

ORIFICE DIAMETER (IN CM): 27.9

DIAMETER AT BOTTOM OF RIM OR NECK (IN CM): 27.6

BASE DIAMETER (IN CM): 7.6

ESTIMATED VOLUME (IN LITERS): 1.9 liters

DECORATION: The rim panel has an engraved pendant triangle motif (Thurmond 1990) repeated four times around the vessel. The central elements in the motif are alternating large central circles and diamonds. The central circles have a small internal circle with four excised rays, while the central diamonds have a single smaller diamond within them. A white clay pigment has been rubbed in the engraved lines.

TYPE: Ripley Engraved, var. McKinney

Ripley Engraved, var. McKinney carinated bowl, Burial 3, Pot 3, Tuck Carpenter site.

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Keywords

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

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