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SITE NAME OR SITE NUMBER: Johns

VESSEL NO.: Burial 9, Pot 2

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: strong brown (7.5YR 5/6); fire clouding on the rim, lower body, and base

EXTERIOR SURFACE COLOR: brown (7.5YR 4/4); fire clouding on the rim, body, and base; organic residue on the rim, body, and base

WALL THICKNESS (RIM, BODY, AND BASE IN MM): 6.5 mm, rim

INTERIOR SURFACE TREATMENT: smoothed

EXTERIOR SURFACE TREATMENT: burnished

HEIGHT (IN CM): 13.6

ORIFICE DIAMETER (IN CM): 25.7

DIAMETER AT BOTTOM OF RIM OR NECK (IN CM): 24.0

BASE DIAMETER (IN CM): 7.5

ESTIMATED VOLUME (IN LITERS): 3.1 liters

DECORATION: The rim has an engraved scroll and circle motif repeated four times around the vessel. The central circles each have a smaller excised circle with excised rays within them. The upper and lower scroll fill zones have negative ovals with a single vertical spur element, as well as rectangular fill areas. A white kaolin clay pigment has also been rubbed in the engraved lines.

TYPE: Ripley Engraved, var. Galt

Ripley Engraved, var. Galt carinated bowl, Burial 9, Pot 2.

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Keywords

American Southeast, Caddo, Ceramic, Pottery, Archaeology, Anthropology

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