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41CP5, Burial 21, Pot 14
Index of Texas Archaeology: Ripley Engraved
  • Timothy K. Perttula, Heritage Research Center, Stephen F. Austin State University
  • Robert Z. Selden, Jr., Heritage Research Center, Stephen F. Austin State University
Creation Date
1-1-2020
Description

SITE NAME OR SITE NUMBER: Tuck Carpenter

VESSEL NO.: Burial 21, Pot 14

NON-PLASTICS: grog

VESSEL FORM: Compound bowl with four rim peaks

RIM AND LIP FORM: Everted rim and a rounded lip

CORE COLOR: F (fired in a reducing environment and cooled in the open air)

INTERIOR SURFACE COLOR: light yellowish-brown (10YR 6/4)

EXTERIOR SURFACE COLOR: light yellowish-brown (10YR 6/4)

WALL THICKNESS (RIM, BODY, AND BASE IN MM): 7.4 mm, rim

INTERIOR SURFACE TREATMENT: smoothed

EXTERIOR SURFACE TREATMENT: burnished

HEIGHT (IN CM): 7.3; 8.0 cm at the rim peaks

ORIFICE DIAMETER (IN CM): 14.3

DIAMETER AT BOTTOM OF RIM OR NECK (IN CM): 10.8

BASE DIAMETER (IN CM): 7.1

ESTIMATED VOLUME (IN LITERS): 0.83 liters

DECORATION: The upper rim panel has a single horizontal engraved line. Above that line, and on each rim peak, there is a negative oval-shaped area (as also seen on Turner Engraved, var. Horton vessels) as well as a series of short vertical engraved lines. On the lower rim panel is a simplified engraved scroll and circle motif repeated four times around the vessel. Each central circle element is composed of only a single engraved open circle, with no interior elements.

TYPE: cf. Ripley Engraved, var. unspecified

Ripley Engraved, var. unspecified compound bowl, Burial 21, Pot 14, Tuck Carpenter site.

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Citation Information
Timothy K. Perttula and Robert Z. Selden. "41CP5, Burial 21, Pot 14" (2020)
Available at: http://works.bepress.com/zac_selden/1769/