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SITE NAME OR SITE NUMBER: Tuck Carpenter

VESSEL NO.: Burial 34, Vessel 7

NON-PLASTICS: grog

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: very dark gray (10YR 3/1)

EXTERIOR SURFACE COLOR: very dark gray (10YR 3/1)

WALL THICKNESS (RIM, BODY, AND BASE IN MM): 7.7 mm, rim; 7.2 mm, body; 8.2 mm, base

INTERIOR SURFACE TREATMENT: smoothed

EXTERIOR SURFACE TREATMENT: burnished

HEIGHT (IN CM): 10.7

ORIFICE DIAMETER (IN CM): 21.0

DIAMETER AT BOTTOM OF RIM OR NECK (IN CM): 21.0

BASE DIAMETER (IN CM): 5.3

ESTIMATED VOLUME (IN LITERS): 1.3 liters

DECORATION: The rim has an engraved pendant triangle motif (Thurmond 1990) repeated four times around the vessel; the apex of the upper and lower pendant triangles point towards each other. The central elements in the motif include circles and diamonds. The circles have a smaller circle with rays within them, while the diamonds have a smaller centrally-placed diamond within the larger element. A white clay pigment has also been rubbed in the engraved lines.

TYPE: Ripley Engraved, var. McKinney

Ripley Engraved, var. McKinney carinated bowl, Burial 34, Pot 7, Tuck Carpenter site.

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Keywords

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

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