SITE NAME OR SITE NUMBER: Pug Wilson
VESSEL NO.: Burial 2, Pot 2
NON-PLASTICS: grog
VESSEL FORM: Carinated bowl
RIM AND LIP FORM: Direct rim and a rounded, exterior folded lip
CORE COLOR: G (fired in a reducing environment and cooled in the open air)
INTERIOR SURFACE COLOR: very dark gray (10YR 3/1)
EXTERIOR SURFACE COLOR: pale brown (10YR 6/3); fire clouding on the base
WALL THICKNESS (RIM, BODY, AND BASE IN MM): 6.8 mm, rim
INTERIOR SURFACE TREATMENT: smoothed
EXTERIOR SURFACE TREATMENT: burnished
HEIGHT (IN CM): 5.1
ORIFICE DIAMETER (IN CM): 11.3
DIAMETER AT BOTTOM OF RIM OR NECK (IN CM): 8.8
BASE DIAMETER (IN CM): 4.5
ESTIMATED VOLUME (IN LITERS): 0.35 liters
DECORATION: The rim panel has an engraved pendant triangle motif (Thurmond 1990) with alternating circle or diamond central elements repeated twice around the vessel. Each circle has a smaller circle within it, while the two central diamond elements have smaller internal excised diamonds with tick marks or excised rays at each corner of the diamond.
TYPE: Ripley Engraved, var. McKinney
Ripley Engraved, var. McKinney carinated bowl, Burial 2, Pot 2, Pug Wilson site.
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