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Creation Date
2020
Description
SITE NAME OR SITE NUMBER: Keeling
VESSEL NO.: 2003.010.010
NON-PLASTICS: grog, bone, and hematite
VESSEL FORM: Carinated bowl
RIM AND LIP FORM: Direct rim and a rounded, exterior folded lip
CORE COLOR: A (fired and cooled in a high oxygen environment)
INTERIOR SURFACE COLOR: light yellowish-brown (10YR 6/4); fire clouding
EXTERIOR SURFACE COLOR: light yellowish-brown (10YR 6/4)
WALL THICKNESS (RIM, BODY, AND BASE IN MM): 4.5 mm, body
INTERIOR SURFACE TREATMENT: smoothed
EXTERIOR SURFACE TREATMENT: smoothed
HEIGHT (IN CM): 9.5
ORIFICE DIAMETER (IN CM): 14.5
DIAMETER AT BOTTOM OF RIM OR NECK (IN CM): 13.5
BASE DIAMETER (IN CM): 6.0
ESTIMATED VOLUME (IN LITERS): 0.83 liters
DECORATION: The rim panel has two different scroll motifs, each repeated twice around the vessel rim. The first motif includes both a vertical engraved line and vertical curvilinear line that reach from the rim to the carination, as well as hatched upper and lower scroll fill zones. The other motif includes a single vertical curvilinear line that reaches from the rim to the carination as well as a single continuous scroll line; there are also upper and lower hatched scroll fill zones.
TYPE: Ripley Engraved (see Thurmond 1990), var. unspecified
Ripley Engraved, var. unspecified carinated bowl, Keeling site, Vessel .010
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Recommended Citation
Perttula, Timothy K. and Selden, Robert Z. Jr., "Keeling site, Vessel .010" (2020). Index of Texas Archaeology: Ripley Engraved. 590.
https://scholarworks.sfasu.edu/ita-ripleyengraved/590
Keywords
American Southwest, Caddo, Ceramic, Pottery, Archaeology, Anthropology
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