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41CP5, Burial 12, Pot 5
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 12, Pot 5

NON-PLASTICS: grog and bone

VESSEL FORM: Carinated bowl

RIM AND LIP FORM: Direct rim and a rounded, exterior folded 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): 6.3 mm, rim

INTERIOR SURFACE TREATMENT: burnished

EXTERIOR SURFACE TREATMENT: burnished

HEIGHT (IN CM): 7.0

ORIFICE DIAMETER (IN CM): 15.2

DIAMETER AT BOTTOM OF RIM OR NECK (IN CM): 12.6

BASE DIAMETER (IN CM): 6.7

ESTIMATED VOLUME (IN LITERS): 0.64 liters

DECORATION: The rim panel has an engraved scroll motif repeated four times around the vessel. The scrolls are divided by excised and cross-hatched engraved brackets, while the scroll fill zones have negative ovals and rectangles with excised triangles and tick marks, or are cross-hatched. There is an interior engraved line at the vessel carination.

TYPE: Ripley Engraved, var. unspecified, but resembles var. Gandy

Ripley Engraved, var. unspecified carinated bowl, Burial 12, Pot 5, Tuck Carpenter site.

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Citation Information
Timothy K. Perttula and Robert Z. Selden. "41CP5, Burial 12, Pot 5" (2020)
Available at: http://works.bepress.com/zac_selden/1831/