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Creation Date
2018
Description
SITE NAME OR SITE NUMBER: Johns
VESSEL NO.: Burial 28, Pot 6
NON-PLASTICS: bone and grog
VESSEL FORM: Carinated bowl
RIM AND LIP FORM: Direct rim and a rounded, exterior folded lip
CORE COLOR: B (fired and cooled in a reducing environment)
HEIGHT (IN CM): 12.9
ORIFICE DIAMETER (IN CM): 28.0
DIAMETER AT BOTTOM OF RIM OR NECK (IN CM): 12.9
BASE DIAMETER (IN CM): N/A
ESTIMATED VOLUME (IN LITERS): 2.2 liters
DECORATION: The rim has an engraved scroll and circle motif repeated four times around the vessel. The central circles each have two smaller open circles within them, one of which has five triangular tick marks or excised rays on it. The upper and lower scroll fill zones have excised negative ovals, excised triangles, and rectangular areas. A white kaolin clay pigment has also been rubbed in the engraved lines. There is an interior engraved line at the vessel carination.
TYPE: Ripley Engraved, var. Galt
Ripley Engraved, var. Galt carinated bowl, Burial 28, Pot 6.
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Recommended Citation
Perttula, Timothy K. and Selden, Robert Z. Jr., "41CP12, Burial 28, Pot 6" (2018). Index of Texas Archaeology: Ripley Engraved. 82.
https://scholarworks.sfasu.edu/ita-ripleyengraved/82
Keywords
American Southeast, Caddo, Ceramic, Pottery, Archaeology, Anthropology
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