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Burial 10, Pot 6, B. J. Horton
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: B. J. Horton

VESSEL NO.: Burial 10, Pot 6

NON-PLASTICS: grog

VESSEL FORM: Compound bowl

RIM AND LIP FORM: Direct rim and a rounded, exterior folded lip; cf. Redwine mode lip (Walters n.d.)

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

INTERIOR SURFACE COLOR: very pale brown (10YR 8/4)

EXTERIOR SURFACE COLOR: very pale brown (10YR 8/4); fire clouding on the body and base

WALL THICKNESS (RIM, BODY, AND BASE IN MM): 7.7 mm, rim

INTERIOR SURFACE TREATMENT: smoothed on the rim

EXTERIOR SURFACE TREATMENT: burnished

HEIGHT (IN CM): 7.6

ORIFICE DIAMETER (IN CM): 18.5

DIAMETER AT BOTTOM OF RIM OR NECK (IN CM): 15.7

BASE DIAMETER (IN CM): 7.2

ESTIMATED VOLUME (IN LITERS): 1.1 liters

DECORATION: There is a row of linear punctations under the lip, as noted in Ripley Engraved, var. Walkers Creek vessels (Perttula 2005, ed.). The upper panel has a single centrally-placed horizontal engraved line on it. The lower rim panel has an engraved circle and nested triangle motif (Thurmond 1990) repeated four times around the vessel. Each circle has a small semi-circle within it, and the nested triangles have either small excised triangles, ovals, or small excised pendant triangles.

TYPE: Ripley Engraved, var. Cash


Ripley Engraved, var. Cash compound bowl, Burial 10, Pot 6, B. J. Horton site.

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Citation Information
Timothy K Perttula and Robert Z Selden. "Burial 10, Pot 6, B. J. Horton" (2020)
Available at: http://works.bepress.com/zac_selden/2105/