SITE NAME OR SITE NUMBER: Tuck Carpenter

VESSEL NO.: Burial 33, Vessel 12

NON-PLASTICS: grog

VESSEL FORM: Carinated bowl

RIM AND LIP FORM: Direct rim and a rounded 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: light yellowish-brown (10YR 6/4)

WALL THICKNESS (RIM, BODY, AND BASE IN MM): 8.6 mm, rim

INTERIOR SURFACE TREATMENT: smoothed on the rim

EXTERIOR SURFACE TREATMENT: burnished

HEIGHT (IN CM): 11.0

ORIFICE DIAMETER (IN CM): 30.0

DIAMETER AT BOTTOM OF RIM OR NECK (IN CM): 27.5

BASE DIAMETER (IN CM): 10.5

ESTIMATED VOLUME (IN LITERS): 2.0 liters

DECORATION: The rim panel has an engraved pendant triangle motif (Thurmond 1990) repeated four times around the vessel; the apex of the pendant triangles alternate between pointing towards the rim or pointing towards the vessel carination. The central elements in the motif are alternating engraved circles and diamonds, At the center of each element is a smaller circle with four excised rays or spurs jutting from it.

TYPE: Ripley Engraved, var. McKinney

Ripley Engraved, var. McKinney carinated bowl, Burial 33, Pot 12, Tuck Carpenter site.