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SITE NAME OR SITE NUMBER: Johns

VESSEL NO.: Burial 9, Pot 1

NON-PLASTICS: bone

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: light yellowish-brown (10YR 6/4); fire clouding on the body and base

EXTERIOR SURFACE COLOR: light yellowish-brown (10YR 6/4); fire clouding on the body and base

WALL THICKNESS (RIM, BODY, AND BASE IN MM): 7.1 mm, rim

INTERIOR SURFACE TREATMENT: smoothed

EXTERIOR SURFACE TREATMENT: burnished

HEIGHT (IN CM): 7.0

ORIFICE DIAMETER (IN CM): 16.5

DIAMETER AT BOTTOM OF RIM OR NECK (IN CM): 13.1

BASE DIAMETER (IN CM): 7.4

ESTIMATED VOLUME (IN LITERS): 0.69 liters

DECORATION: The rim has an engraved bisected diamond motif repeated five times around the vessel. Each bisected diamond motif is in a panel defined by vertical engraved lines at the panel margins. Within the panel is a single large triangle element with a smaller triangle or diamond within it. The larger triangle element has a single spur or line extending from its apex. There is also an interior engraved line at the vessel carination and around the base.

TYPE: Ripley Engraved, var. Reed

Ripley Engraved, var. Reed carinated bowl, Burial 9, Pot 1.

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Keywords

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

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