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Creation Date
2018
Description
SITE NAME OR SITE NUMBER: Johns
VESSEL NO.: Burial 9, Pot 5
NON-PLASTICS: bone and 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: dark yellowish-brown (10YR 4/6)
EXTERIOR SURFACE COLOR: dark yellowish-brown (10YR 4/6); fire clouding on the base
WALL THICKNESS (RIM, BODY, AND BASE IN MM): 5.0 mm, rim
INTERIOR SURFACE TREATMENT: burnished
EXTERIOR SURFACE TREATMENT: burnished
HEIGHT (IN CM): 6.3
ORIFICE DIAMETER (IN CM): 11.8
DIAMETER AT BOTTOM OF RIM OR NECK (IN CM): 9.9
BASE DIAMETER (IN CM): 5.3
ESTIMATED VOLUME (IN LITERS): 0.45 liters
DECORATION: The rim has an engraved continuous scroll motif repeated four times around the vessel. The upper and lower scroll fill zones are filled with elements that resemble engraved arrow points (filled with hatched lines) with short and square stems. In one of the motifs, one of these engraved arrow point elements is triangular in shape and lacks the short stem.
TYPE: Ripley Engraved, var. Carpenter
Ripley Engraved, var. Carpenter carinated bowl, Burial 9, Pot 5.
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Recommended Citation
Perttula, Timothy K. and Selden, Robert Z. Jr., "41CP12, Burial 9, Pot 5" (2018). Index of Texas Archaeology: Ripley Engraved. 52.
https://scholarworks.sfasu.edu/ita-ripleyengraved/52
Keywords
American Southeast, Caddo, Ceramic, Pottery, Archaeology, Anthropology
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