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Creation Date
2018
Description
SITE NAME OR SITE NUMBER: H. R. Taylor
VESSEL NO.: 90, Burial A-9
VESSEL FORM: Bottle
NON-PLASTICS AND PASTE: grog
RIM AND LIP FORM: Direct rim and rounded lip
CORE COLOR: G (fired in a reducing environment and cooled in the open air)
INTERIOR SURFACE COLOR: dark grayish-brown
EXTERIOR SURFACE COLOR: yellowish-brown; fire clouds on the body and base
WALL THICKNESS (IN MM): rim, 6.2 mm
INTERIOR SURFACE TREATMENT: none
EXTERIOR SURFACE TREATMENT: none
HEIGHT (IN CM): 9.0
ORIFICE DIAMETER (IN CM): 4.5
DIAMETER AT BOTTOM OF RIM OR NECK (IN CM): 4.4; maximum body diameter: 6.7 cm
BASE DIAMETER (IN CM) AND SHAPE OF BASE: 5.8, circular and flat
ESTIMATED VOLUME (IN LITERS): 0.21
DECORATION (INCLUDING MOTIF AND ELEMENTS WHEN APPARENT): The vessel body is delimited by single upper and lower horizontal lines. The vessel body itself has four sets of alternate nested triangles around a central diamond element. The central diamond element has an inner diamond, while the lower nested triangles have inner triangle elements.
PIGMENT USE AND LOCATION ON VESSEL: none
TYPE AND VARIETY (IF KNOWN): cf. Ripley Engraved, var. Ripley
Ripley Engraved, var. Ripley bottle (No. 90) in Burial A-9 at the H. R. Taylor site.
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Recommended Citation
Perttula, Timothy K. and Selden, Robert Z. Jr., "41HS3, 90, Burial A-9" (2018). Index of Texas Archaeology: Ripley Engraved. 94.
https://scholarworks.sfasu.edu/ita-ripleyengraved/94
Keywords
American Southeast, Caddo, Ceramic, Pottery, Archaeology, Anthropology
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