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Burial 10, Pot 5, 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 5

NON-PLASTICS: grog

VESSEL FORM: Carinated bowl

RIM AND LIP FORM: Direct rim and a rounded lip

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

INTERIOR SURFACE COLOR: dark grayish-brown (10YR 4/2)

EXTERIOR SURFACE COLOR: pale brown (10YR 6/3)

WALL THICKNESS (RIM, BODY, AND BASE IN MM): 5.3 mm, rim

INTERIOR SURFACE TREATMENT: smoothed

EXTERIOR SURFACE TREATMENT: burnished

HEIGHT (IN CM): 7.0

ORIFICE DIAMETER (IN CM): 17.3

DIAMETER AT BOTTOM OF RIM OR NECK (IN CM): 17.2

BASE DIAMETER (IN CM): 7.2

ESTIMATED VOLUME (IN LITERS): 0.73 liters

DECORATION: The rim panel has an engraved diamond and hooked arm motif repeated four times around the vessel; the hooked arm element begins at one end of each engraved diamond. The central engraved diamonds have a single smaller engraved diamond within it. Both of the diamonds have small engraved spurs or tick marks on them. Upper and lower fill elements include triangles and semi-circles, each with outward-facing small engraved spurs on them.

TYPE: cf. Ripley Engraved, var. unspecified

Ripley Engraved, var. unspecified carinated bowl, Burial 10, Pot 5, B. J. Horton site.

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Citation Information
Timothy K Perttula and Robert Z Selden. "Burial 10, Pot 5, B. J. Horton" (2020)
Available at: http://works.bepress.com/zac_selden/2106/