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Burial 24, Pot 2, Alex Justiss
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: Alex Justiss

VESSEL NO.: Burial 24, Pot 2

NON-PLASTICS: grog

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: brown (7.5YR 5/4)

EXTERIOR SURFACE COLOR: brown (7.5YR 5/4)

WALL THICKNESS (RIM, BODY, AND BASE IN MM): 8.7 mm, rim

INTERIOR SURFACE TREATMENT: smoothed

EXTERIOR SURFACE TREATMENT: burnished

HEIGHT (IN CM): 15.7

ORIFICE DIAMETER (IN CM): 30.0

DIAMETER AT BOTTOM OF RIM OR NECK (IN CM): 30.1

BASE DIAMETER (IN CM): 9.5

ESTIMATED VOLUME (IN LITERS): 4.2 liters

DECORATION: The rim panel has an engraved horizontal interlocking scroll motif (see Thurmond 1990) repeated four times around the vessel. Each upper and lower part of the rim panel also has a single engraved pendant triangle. The individual scrolls are divided by three vertical to curvilinear engraved lines rather than brackets (see also Perttula 2003).

TYPE: cf. Ripley Engraved, var. Pilgrims

Ripley Engraved, var. Pilgrims carinated bowl, Burial 24, Pot 2, Alex Justiss site.

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Citation Information
Timothy K Perttula and Robert Z Selden. "Burial 24, Pot 2, Alex Justiss" (2020)
Available at: http://works.bepress.com/zac_selden/2119/