SITE NAME OR SITE NUMBER: Tuck Carpenter
VESSEL NO.: Burial 14, Pot 3
NON-PLASTICS: grog and bone
VESSEL FORM: Carinated bowl
RIM AND LIP FORM: Direct rim and a rounded, exterior folded 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); organic residues; fire clouding on the rim, body, and base
WALL THICKNESS (RIM, BODY, AND BASE IN MM): 6.4 mm, rim; 7.7 mm. body
INTERIOR SURFACE TREATMENT: smoothed
EXTERIOR SURFACE TREATMENT: burnished
HEIGHT (IN CM): 13.5
ORIFICE DIAMETER (IN CM): 24.5
DIAMETER AT BOTTOM OF RIM OR NECK (IN CM): 22.0
BASE DIAMETER (IN CM): 8.8
ESTIMATED VOLUME (IN LITERS): 3.0 liters
DECORATION: The rim panel has an engraved scroll and circle motif (Thurmond 1990) repeated four times around the vessel. The central engraved circle element has a small centrally-placed circle within it, and this small circle has four small tick marks or rays.
TYPE: Ripley Engraved, var. Galt
Ripley Engraved, var. Galt carinated bowl, Burial 14, Pot 3, Tuck Carpenter site.
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