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SITE NAME OR SITE NUMBER: Johns

VESSEL NO.: Burial 27, Pot 2

NON-PLASTICS: bone

VESSEL FORM: Bottle with a flaring neck and four body peaks (Figure 180)

RIM AND LIP FORM: Direct rim and a rounded lip

CORE COLOR: B (fired and cooled in a reducing environment)

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

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

WALL THICKNESS (RIM, BODY, AND BASE IN MM): 6.5 mm, neck

INTERIOR SURFACE TREATMENT: none

EXTERIOR SURFACE TREATMENT: smoothed

HEIGHT (IN CM): 22.2

ORIFICE DIAMETER (IN CM): 4.7

DIAMETER AT BOTTOM OF RIM OR NECK (IN CM): 6.0; 15.5 cm maximum body diameter

BASE DIAMETER (IN CM): 7.5

ESTIMATED VOLUME (IN LITERS): 0.67 liters

DECORATION: There are three horizontal engraved lines along the upper body, and another horizontal engraved line just above the base. Between is a concentric circle engraved motif repeated four times. The concentric circle motif consists of four engraved concentric circles, the innermost encircling the body peaks, and another concentric circle has excised tick marks. The motifs are separated from each other by upper and lower open triangles and a single vertical engraved line that connects the upper and lower triangles.

TYPE: Ripley Engraved, var. unspecified

Ripley Engraved, var. unspecified bottle, Burial 27, Pot 2.

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Keywords

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

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