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Creation Date
2020
Description
SITE NAME OR SITE NUMBER: Harold Williams
VESSEL NO.: Burial K, Pot 2
NON-PLASTICS: grog and bone
VESSEL FORM: Carinated bowl
RIM AND LIP FORM: Direct rim and a rounded, exterior folded lip
CORE COLOR: B (fired and cooled in a reducing environment)
INTERIOR SURFACE COLOR: black (10YR 2/1)
EXTERIOR SURFACE COLOR: black (10YR 2/1)
WALL THICKNESS (RIM, BODY, AND BASE IN MM): 7.6 mm, rim
INTERIOR SURFACE TREATMENT: burnished on the rim and smoothed on the body
EXTERIOR SURFACE TREATMENT: burnished
HEIGHT (IN CM): 19.0
ORIFICE DIAMETER (IN CM): 27.3
DIAMETER AT BOTTOM OF RIM OR NECK (IN CM): 27.4
BASE DIAMETER (IN CM): 8.5
ESTIMATED VOLUME (IN LITERS): 4.7 liters
DECORATION: The rim panel has an engraved scroll and circle motif (Thurmond 1990) repeated four times around the vessel. The central circle element has a smaller circle and cross element within it.
TYPE: Ripley Engraved, var. Galt
Ripley Engraved, var. Galt carinated bowl, Burial K, Pot 2, Harold Williams site.
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Recommended Citation
Perttula, Timothy K. and Selden, Robert Z. Jr., "Burial K, Pot 2, Harold Williams" (2020). Index of Texas Archaeology: Ripley Engraved. 540.
https://scholarworks.sfasu.edu/ita-ripleyengraved/540
Keywords
American Southwest, Caddo, Ceramic, Pottery, Archaeology, Anthropology
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