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Creation Date
2020
Description
SITE NAME OR SITE NUMBER: Tuck Carpenter
VESSEL NO.: Burial 37, Pot 2
NON-PLASTICS: grog
VESSEL FORM: Carinated bowl
RIM AND LIP FORM: Direct rim and a rounded, exterior folded lip
CORE COLOR: G (fired in a reducing environment and cooled in the open air)
INTERIOR SURFACE COLOR: very dark gray (10YR 3/1)
EXTERIOR SURFACE COLOR: light yellowish-brown (10YR 6/4); fire clouding on the body and base
WALL THICKNESS (RIM, BODY, AND BASE IN MM): 6.4 mm, rim
INTERIOR SURFACE TREATMENT: smoothed
EXTERIOR SURFACE TREATMENT: burnished
HEIGHT (IN CM): 11.0
ORIFICE DIAMETER (IN CM): 20.4
DIAMETER AT BOTTOM OF RIM OR NECK (IN CM): 20.1
BASE DIAMETER (IN CM): 6.4
ESTIMATED VOLUME (IN LITERS): 1.3 liters
DECORATION: The rim has an engraved scroll and circle motif (Thurmond 1990) repeated four times around the vessel. Each of the central circles has a smaller circle within it. The upper and lower scroll fill zones have a negative horizontal S-shaped element instead of ovals or negative ovals. A white clay pigment has also been rubbed in the engraved lines.
TYPE: Ripley Engraved, var. Galt
Ripley Engraved, var. Galt carinated bowl, Burial 37, Pot 2, Tuck Carpenter site.
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Recommended Citation
Perttula, Timothy K. and Selden, Robert Z. Jr., "Burial 37, Pot 2, Tuck Carpenter" (2020). Index of Texas Archaeology: Ripley Engraved. 560.
https://scholarworks.sfasu.edu/ita-ripleyengraved/560
Keywords
American Southwest, Caddo, Ceramic, Pottery, Archaeology, Anthropology
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