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Creation Date
2020
Description
SITE NAME OR SITE NUMBER: G. W. Rumsey
VESSEL NO.: 34
NON-PLASTICS: bone and grog
VESSEL FORM: Compound bowl (or jar?) with one rim panel
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: brown (10YR 5/3)
EXTERIOR SURFACE COLOR: brown (10YR 5/3)
WALL THICKNESS (RIM, BODY, AND BASE IN MM): 6.9 mm, rim
INTERIOR SURFACE TREATMENT: smoothed
EXTERIOR SURFACE TREATMENT: smoothed on the body and burnished on the rim
HEIGHT (IN CM): 16.5
ORIFICE DIAMETER (IN CM): 14.4
DIAMETER AT BOTTOM OF RIM OR NECK (IN CM): 13.0
BASE DIAMETER (IN CM): 6.0
ESTIMATED VOLUME (IN LITERS): 2.0 liters
DECORATION: The rim has three widely-spaced horizontal engraved lines. The body of the vessel has six panels defined on each side by upper and lower sets of engraved triangles with hatched corners and connecting vertical engraved lines. Within each panel are two centrally-placed concentric circles, the innermost circle having single horizontal and vertical intersecting lines (circle and cross) beginning at double hatched triangles.
TYPE: Ripley Engraved, var. unspecified
Ripley Engraved, var. unspecified compound bowl, Rumsey site, Vessel 34.
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Recommended Citation
Perttula, Timothy K. and Selden, Robert Z. Jr., "41CP3, Vessel#34" (2020). Index of Texas Archaeology: Ripley Engraved. 507.
https://scholarworks.sfasu.edu/ita-ripleyengraved/507
Keywords
American Southwest, Caddo, Ceramic, Pottery, Archaeology, Anthropology
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