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Creation Date
2018
Description
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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Recommended Citation
Perttula, Timothy K. and Selden, Robert Z. Jr., "41CP12, Burial 27, Pot 2" (2018). Index of Texas Archaeology: Ripley Engraved. 86.
https://scholarworks.sfasu.edu/ita-ripleyengraved/86
Keywords
American Southeast, Caddo, Ceramic, Pottery, Archaeology, Anthropology
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