SITE NAME OR SITE NUMBER: Alex Justiss

VESSEL NO.: Burial 22; Perttula (2003) refers to this as Burial 22, Vessel 3.

NON-PLASTICS: grog, hematite, and bone

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: light yellowish-brown (10YR 6/4)

EXTERIOR SURFACE COLOR: light yellowish-brown (10YR 6/4); fire clouding on the body and base

WALL THICKNESS (RIM, BODY, AND BASE IN MM): 7.2 mm, rim

INTERIOR SURFACE TREATMENT: smoothed

EXTERIOR SURFACE TREATMENT: burnished

HEIGHT (IN CM): 9.5

ORIFICE DIAMETER (IN CM): 24.6

DIAMETER AT BOTTOM OF RIM OR NECK (IN CM): 20.1

BASE DIAMETER (IN CM): 8.6

ESTIMATED VOLUME (IN LITERS): 1.4 liters

DECORATION: The rim panel has an engraved scroll motif (see Thurmond 1990) repeated four times around the vessel. The scrolls are divided by brackets filled with upper and lower oval elements and a single central horizontal engraved line, rather than a vertical S-shaped element.

TYPE: Ripley Engraved, var. Gandy

Ripley Engraved, var. Gandy carinated bowl, Burial 22, Pot 3, Alex Justiss site.