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Burial 33, Pot 5, Tuck Carpenter
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: Tuck Carpenter

VESSEL NO.: Burial 33, Pot 5

NON-PLASTICS: grog

VESSEL FORM: Carinated bowl

RIM AND LIP FORM: Direct rim and a rounded, exterior folded lip

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

INTERIOR SURFACE COLOR: brown (7.5YR 4/3); fire clouding on the rim and body

EXTERIOR SURFACE COLOR: dark grayish-brown (10YR 4/2); fire clouding on the rim and body; a pitch-like organic residue on the rim and body

WALL THICKNESS (RIM, BODY, AND BASE IN MM): 7.1 mm, rim

INTERIOR SURFACE TREATMENT: smoothed

EXTERIOR SURFACE TREATMENT: burnished

HEIGHT (IN CM): 13.6

ORIFICE DIAMETER (IN CM): 25.7

DIAMETER AT BOTTOM OF RIM OR NECK (IN CM): 23.5

BASE DIAMETER (IN CM): 7.5

ESTIMATED VOLUME (IN LITERS): 3.1 liters

DECORATION: The rim has an engraved scroll and circle motif repeated four times around the vessel. Each of the central circles have a cross-in-circle element within it. The scroll fill zones are comprised of open, hatched, cross-hatched, and excised vertical rectangular elements instead of ovals and negative ovals (cf. Thurmond 1990).

TYPE: Ripley Engraved, var. Galt


Ripley Engraved, var. Galt carinated bowl, Burial 33, Pot 5, Tuck Carpenter site.

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Citation Information
Timothy K Perttula and Robert Z Selden. "Burial 33, Pot 5, Tuck Carpenter" (2020)
Available at: http://works.bepress.com/zac_selden/2127/