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Creation Date
2018
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SITE NAME OR SITE NUMBER: H. R. Taylor
VESSEL NO.: 47, Burial A-6
VESSEL FORM: Bottle with a carinated body
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, 6.3 mm
INTERIOR SURFACE TREATMENT: none
EXTERIOR SURFACE TREATMENT: burnished on the neck
HEIGHT (IN CM): 9.6
ORIFICE DIAMETER (IN CM): 3.0
DIAMETER AT BOTTOM OF RIM OR NECK (IN CM): 3.4; maximum body diameter: 6.8 cm
BASE DIAMETER (IN CM) AND SHAPE OF BASE: 3.9, circular and flat
ESTIMATED VOLUME (IN LITERS): 0.15
DECORATION (INCLUDING MOTIF AND ELEMENTS WHEN APPARENT): The vessel body has a central engraved diamond element repeated four times around the vessel. There are two inner diamonds within this element. The engraved diamonds are separated by upper and lower triangle elements and a single diagonal engraved line.
PIGMENT USE AND LOCATION ON VESSEL: none
TYPE AND VARIETY (IF KNOWN): cf. Ripley Engraved, var. Ripley, based on the central diamond element
Ripley Engraved, var. Ripley bottle, No. 47.
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Recommended Citation
Perttula, Timothy K. and Selden, Robert Z. Jr., "41HS3, 47, Burial A-6" (2018). Index of Texas Archaeology: Ripley Engraved. 98.
https://scholarworks.sfasu.edu/ita-ripleyengraved/98
Keywords
American Southeast, Caddo, Ceramic, Pottery, Archaeology, Anthropology
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