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Creation Date
2018
Description
SITE NAME OR SITE NUMBER: Johns
VESSEL NO.: Burial 24, Pot 3
NON-PLASTICS: grog and hematite
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)
HEIGHT (IN CM): N/A
ORIFICE DIAMETER (IN CM): 24.0
DIAMETER AT BOTTOM OF RIM OR NECK (IN CM): 23.8
BASE DIAMETER (IN CM): N/A
ESTIMATED VOLUME (IN LITERS): N/A
DECORATION: The rim has an engraved scroll and circle motif repeated five times around the vessel. The central circles include four with an inner swastika-in-circle and a fifth with a circle and crossed lines. The central scroll line has hatched pendant triangles and ovals, while the upper and lower scroll fill zones have a single excised rectangular area within them. A white kaolin clay pigment has also been rubbed in the engraved lines.
TYPE: cf. Ripley Engraved, var. Galt
Ripley Engraved, var. Galt carinated bowl, Burial 24, Pot 3.
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Recommended Citation
Perttula, Timothy K. and Selden, Robert Z. Jr., "41CP12, Burial 24, Pot 3" (2018). Index of Texas Archaeology: Ripley Engraved. 55.
https://scholarworks.sfasu.edu/ita-ripleyengraved/55
Keywords
American Southeast, Caddo, Ceramic, Pottery, Archaeology, Anthropology
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