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Creation Date
2020
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SITE NAME OR SITE NUMBER: Tuck Carpenter
VESSEL NO.: Burial 42, Pot 1
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: light yellowish-brown (10YR 6/4); fire clouding on the body
EXTERIOR SURFACE COLOR: light yellowish-brown (10YR 6/4); fire clouding on the rim and base
WALL THICKNESS (RIM, BODY, AND BASE IN MM): 6.0 mm, rim; 6.8 mm, body; 10.0 mm, base
INTERIOR SURFACE TREATMENT: burnished on the rim and smoothed on the body
EXTERIOR SURFACE TREATMENT: burnished
HEIGHT (IN CM): 13.1
ORIFICE DIAMETER (IN CM): 25.8
DIAMETER AT BOTTOM OF RIM OR NECK (IN CM): 26.0
BASE DIAMETER (IN CM): 8.0
ESTIMATED VOLUME (IN LITERS): 3.0 liters
DECORATION: The rim has an engraved scroll and circle motif (Thurmond 1990) repeated four times around the vessel. The central circle element has a smaller circle within it which has a central dot and hatched triangles pendant from the circle. The outer lines of the upper and lower scroll fill zones also have hatched engraved pendant triangles.
TYPE: Ripley Engraved, var. Galt
Ripley Engraved, var. Galt carinated bowl, Burial 42, Pot 1, Tuck Carpenter site.
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Recommended Citation
Perttula, Timothy K. and Selden, Robert Z. Jr., "Burial 42, Pot 1, Tuck Carpenter" (2020). Index of Texas Archaeology: Ripley Engraved. 552.
https://scholarworks.sfasu.edu/ita-ripleyengraved/552
Keywords
American Southwest, Caddo, Ceramic, Pottery, Archaeology, Anthropology
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