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SITE NAME OR SITE NUMBER: Tuck Carpenter

VESSEL NO.: Burial 36, Pot 4

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)

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

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

WALL THICKNESS (RIM, BODY, AND BASE IN MM): 7.7 mm, body; 10.7 mm, base

INTERIOR SURFACE TREATMENT: smoothed

EXTERIOR SURFACE TREATMENT: burnished

HEIGHT (IN CM): 12.8

ORIFICE DIAMETER (IN CM): 29.0

DIAMETER AT BOTTOM OF RIM OR NECK (IN CM): 28.8

BASE DIAMETER (IN CM): 7.7

ESTIMATED VOLUME (IN LITERS): 2.2 liters

DECORATION: The rim has an engraved scroll and circle motif repeated four times around the vessel. The central circle has an internal small circle with four excised rays. The outer lines of the upper and lower scroll fill zones have triangular tick marks, and the scroll fill zones consist only of excised triangular areas. There is also an interior horizontal engraved line at the vessel carination.

TYPE: cf. Ripley Engraved, var. Galt

Ripley Engraved, var. Galt carinated bowl, Burial 36, Pot 4, Tuck Carpenter site.

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Keywords

American Southwest, Caddo, Ceramic, Pottery, Archaeology, Anthropology

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