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SITE NAME OR SITE NUMBER: Johns

VESSEL NO.: Burial 19, Pot 8

NON-PLASTICS: grog and bone

VESSEL FORM: Carinated bowl

RIM AND LIP FORM: Direct rim and a rounded, exterior folded and interior beveled lip

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

INTERIOR SURFACE COLOR: brown (7.5YR 4/3); fire clouding on the body and base

EXTERIOR SURFACE COLOR: brown (7.5YR 4/3); fire clouding on the rim, body, and base

WALL THICKNESS (RIM, BODY, AND BASE IN MM): 6.7 mm, rim

INTERIOR SURFACE TREATMENT: smoothed

EXTERIOR SURFACE TREATMENT: burnished

HEIGHT (IN CM): 6.8

ORIFICE DIAMETER (IN CM): 12.4

DIAMETER AT BOTTOM OF RIM OR NECK (IN CM): 12.0

BASE DIAMETER (IN CM): 6.4

ESTIMATED VOLUME (IN LITERS): 0.51 liters

DECORATION: The rim has an engraved alternate nested triangle motif repeated six times around the vessel. Each large nested triangle has a smaller triangle within it that contains a negative oval. Opposite the large nested triangles are small triangles with negative ovals. In addition to the alternate nested triangle motifs, there is a second motif that consists of an excised rectangle with an inner spur as well as adjacent scroll fill zones with negative ovals and inner dashed lines.

TYPE: cf. Ripley Engraved, var. Williams

Ripley Engraved, var. Williams compound bowl, Burial 19, Pot 8.

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Keywords

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

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