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2020

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SITE NAME OR SITE NUMBER: Tuck Carpenter

VESSEL NO.: Burial 33, Pot 7

NON-PLASTICS: grog and bone

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: brown (7.5YR 4/3)

EXTERIOR SURFACE COLOR: brown (10YR 5/3); fire clouding on the rim and body

WALL THICKNESS (RIM, BODY, AND BASE IN MM): 4.8 mm, rim; 6.1 mm, body; 7.8 mm, base

INTERIOR SURFACE TREATMENT: smoothed

EXTERIOR SURFACE TREATMENT: smoothed

HEIGHT (IN CM): 5.8

ORIFICE DIAMETER (IN CM): 15.2

DIAMETER AT BOTTOM OF RIM OR NECK (IN CM): 13.0

BASE DIAMETER (IN CM): 6.3

ESTIMATED VOLUME (IN LITERS): 0.53 liters

DECORATION: The rim has an engraved pendant triangle motif repeated four times around the vessel. The central elements of the motif include two circles with internal excised circles with rays as well as two diamond elements with an internal diamond within each of them. A white clay pigment has been rubbed in the engraved lines.

TYPE: Ripley Engraved, var. McKinney

Ripley Engraved, var. McKinney carinated bowl, Burial 33, Pot 7, Tuck Carpenter site.

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Keywords

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

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