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Burial 2, Pot 2, Pug Wilson
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: 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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Citation Information
Timothy K Perttula and Robert Z Selden. "Burial 2, Pot 2, Pug Wilson" (2020)
Available at: http://works.bepress.com/zac_selden/2112/