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SITE NAME OR SITE NUMBER: G. W. Rumsey

VESSEL NO.: 57

NON-PLASTICS: grog

VESSEL FORM: Carinated bowl

RIM AND LIP FORM: Direct rim and a rounded, exterior folded lip

CORE COLOR: G (fired in a reducing environment and cooled in the open air)

INTERIOR SURFACE COLOR: grayish-brown (10YR 5/2)

EXTERIOR SURFACE COLOR: brown (10YR 5/3); fire clouding

WALL THICKNESS (RIM, BODY, AND BASE IN MM): 6.6 mm, rim

INTERIOR SURFACE TREATMENT: smoothed

EXTERIOR SURFACE TREATMENT: smoothed on the body and burnished on the rim

HEIGHT (IN CM): 7.4

ORIFICE DIAMETER (IN CM): 17.4

DIAMETER AT BOTTOM OF RIM OR NECK (IN CM): 15.0

BASE DIAMETER (IN CM): 6.5

ESTIMATED VOLUME (IN LITERS): 0.77 liters

DECORATION: The rim panel has an engraved scroll motif (cf. Thurmond 1990) repeated five times around the vessel. The scroll dividers consist of excised brackets, but without the s-shaped elements.

TYPE: Ripley Engraved, var. Gandy

Ripley Engraved, var. Gandy carinated bowl, Rumsey site, Vessel 57.

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Keywords

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

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