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SITE NAME OR SITE NUMBER: Tuck Carpenter

VESSEL NO.: Burial 24, Pot 8

NON-PLASTICS: grog

VESSEL FORM: Compound 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: very dark grayish-brown (10YR 3/2)

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

WALL THICKNESS (RIM, BODY, AND BASE IN MM): 5.4 mm, rim; 5.6 mm, body; 9.3 mm, base

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

EXTERIOR SURFACE TREATMENT: burnished

HEIGHT (IN CM): N/A; 7.1 cm upper/lower panel height

ORIFICE DIAMETER (IN CM): 28.0

DIAMETER AT BOTTOM OF RIM OR NECK (IN CM): 28.0

BASE DIAMETER (IN CM): 10.0

ESTIMATED VOLUME (IN LITERS): 1.6+ liters

DECORATION: The upper rim panel has three equally and broadly-spaced horizontal engraved lines. The lower rim panel has an engraved continuous scroll motif repeated five times around the vessel. The upper and lower scroll fill zones consist of hatched triangular areas instead of ovals or negative ovals. A white clay pigment has also been rubbed in the engraved lines.

TYPE: Ripley Engraved, var. Carpenter

Ripley Engraved, var. Carpenter compound bowl rim sherds, Burial 24, Pot 8, Tuck Carpenter site.

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Keywords

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

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