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2018

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SITE NAME OR SITE NUMBER: Johns

VESSEL NO.: Burial 24, Pot 1

NON-PLASTICS: grog; sandy paste

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)

HEIGHT (IN CM): N/A

ORIFICE DIAMETER (IN CM): 26.0

DIAMETER AT BOTTOM OF RIM OR NECK (IN CM): 25.9

BASE DIAMETER (IN CM): N/A

ESTIMATED VOLUME (IN LITERS): N/A

DECORATION: The rim has an engraved pendant triangle motif repeated an unknown (but probably four) number of times around the vessel. The central element in the motif is an engraved diamond with a smaller engraved diamond within it; this smaller diamond has excised rays at each of its four corners. A white kaolin clay pigment has also been rubbed in the engraved lines.

TYPE: Ripley Engraved, var. McKinney

Rim sherds from Ripley Engraved, var. McKinney carinated bowl, Burial 24, Pot 1.

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Keywords

American Southeast, Caddo, Ceramic, Pottery, Archaeology, Anthropology

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