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2018

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SITE NAME OR SITE NUMBER: Johns

VESSEL NO.: Burial 19, Pot 10

NON-PLASTICS: grog and bone

VESSEL FORM: Bottle with four body peaks

RIM AND LIP FORM: Everted rim and a rounded lip

CORE COLOR: G (fired in a reducing environment and cooled in the open air)

INTERIOR SURFACE COLOR: very dark gray (10YR 3/1)

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

WALL THICKNESS (RIM, BODY, AND BASE IN MM): 4.5 mm, neck

INTERIOR SURFACE TREATMENT: none

EXTERIOR SURFACE TREATMENT: burnished

HEIGHT (IN CM): 13.3

ORIFICE DIAMETER (IN CM): 4.0

DIAMETER AT BOTTOM OF RIM OR NECK (IN CM): 4.1; maximum body diameter of 8.7 cm

BASE DIAMETER (IN CM): 6.5

ESTIMATED VOLUME (IN LITERS): 0.35 liters

DECORATION: There are three horizontal engraved lines on the vessel body below the neck. Below these lines is a scroll and circle motif repeated four times on the body, centered on the body peaks. The central circles have two inner engraved circles, one of which has large triangular tick marks on it. There are sets of two engraved triangles above and below and to the side of each circle element; these have one or two hatched or cross-hatched corners. A red clay pigment has been rubbed in the engraved lines.

TYPE: Ripley Engraved, var. unspecified

Ripley Engraved, var. unspecified bottle, Burial 19, Pot 10.

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Keywords

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

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