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2018

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SITE NAME OR SITE NUMBER: Johns

VESSEL NO.: Burial 22, Pot 10

NON-PLASTICS: grog and bone

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): 17.5

ORIFICE DIAMETER (IN CM): 26.0

DIAMETER AT BOTTOM OF RIM OR NECK (IN CM): 25.0

BASE DIAMETER (IN CM): 11.0

ESTIMATED VOLUME (IN LITERS): 4.0 liters

DECORATION: The rim has an engraved continuous scroll motif with unique upper and lower scroll fill zones repeated four times around the vessel. The upper scroll fill zones have negative ovals with short engraved lines or spurs, while the lower fill zones have either triangular elements with hatched or excised corners, as well as single small engraved semi-circles, or a rectangular-shaped area with two excised negative backward S-shaped elements. The vessel body has diagonal brushing marks that extend to the vessel base. A white kaolin clay pigment has also been rubbed in the engraved lines.

TYPE: Ripley Engraved, var. unspecified

Rim sherds from Ripley Engraved, var. unspecified carinated bowl, Burial 22, Pot 10.

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Keywords

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

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