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Creation Date
2020
Description
SITE NAME OR SITE NUMBER: Alex Justiss
VESSEL NO.: Burial 24, Pot 2
NON-PLASTICS: grog
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 5/4)
EXTERIOR SURFACE COLOR: brown (7.5YR 5/4)
WALL THICKNESS (RIM, BODY, AND BASE IN MM): 8.7 mm, rim
INTERIOR SURFACE TREATMENT: smoothed
EXTERIOR SURFACE TREATMENT: burnished
HEIGHT (IN CM): 15.7
ORIFICE DIAMETER (IN CM): 30.0
DIAMETER AT BOTTOM OF RIM OR NECK (IN CM): 30.1
BASE DIAMETER (IN CM): 9.5
ESTIMATED VOLUME (IN LITERS): 4.2 liters
DECORATION: The rim panel has an engraved horizontal interlocking scroll motif (see Thurmond 1990) repeated four times around the vessel. Each upper and lower part of the rim panel also has a single engraved pendant triangle. The individual scrolls are divided by three vertical to curvilinear engraved lines rather than brackets (see also Perttula 2003).
TYPE: cf. Ripley Engraved, var. Pilgrims
Ripley Engraved, var. Pilgrims carinated bowl, Burial 24, Pot 2, Alex Justiss site.
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Recommended Citation
Perttula, Timothy K. and Selden, Robert Z. Jr., "Burial 24, Pot 2, Alex Justiss" (2020). Index of Texas Archaeology: Ripley Engraved. 593.
https://scholarworks.sfasu.edu/ita-ripleyengraved/593
Keywords
American Southwest, Caddo, Ceramic, Pottery, Archaeology, Anthropology
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