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SITE NAME OR SITE NUMBER: Johns

VESSEL NO.: Burial 30, Pot 6

NON-PLASTICS: bone, grog, and hematite

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)

INTERIOR SURFACE COLOR: dark gray (10YR 4/1)

EXTERIOR SURFACE COLOR: light yellowish-brown (10YR 6/4)

WALL THICKNESS (RIM, BODY, AND BASE IN MM): 6.6 mm, rim

INTERIOR SURFACE TREATMENT: smoothed

EXTERIOR SURFACE TREATMENT: burnished

HEIGHT (IN CM): 10.5

ORIFICE DIAMETER (IN CM): 26.5

DIAMETER AT BOTTOM OF RIM OR NECK (IN CM): 25.9

BASE DIAMETER (IN CM): 8.1

ESTIMATED VOLUME (IN LITERS): 1.7 liters

DECORATION: The rim has an engraved pendant triangle motif repeated four times around the vessel. The four central elements include circles (with an inner excised circle with rays) alternating with diamonds; the diamonds have an inner diamond element with excised rays at the four corners. The upper and lower portions of the motif alternate between excised pendant triangles and scroll fill zones with excised brackets and triangles. A white kaolin clay pigment has been rubbed in the engraved lines on the vessel exterior surface. There is also an interior engraved line at the vessel carination.

TYPE: Ripley Engraved, var. McKinney

Ripley Engraved, var. McKinney carinated bowl, Burial 30, Pot 6.

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Keywords

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

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