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Burial 34, 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 34, Pot 5

NON-PLASTICS: grog

VESSEL FORM: Carinated bowl

RIM AND LIP FORM: Direct rim and a rounded lip

CORE COLOR: B (fired and cooled in a reducing environment)

INTERIOR SURFACE COLOR: very dark gray (10YR 3/1)

EXTERIOR SURFACE COLOR: very dark gray (10YR 3/1); fire clouding on the body

WALL THICKNESS (RIM, BODY, AND BASE IN MM): 8.2 mm, rim; 6.9 mm, body; 7.6 mm, base

INTERIOR SURFACE TREATMENT: smoothed

EXTERIOR SURFACE TREATMENT: burnished

HEIGHT (IN CM): 11.5

ORIFICE DIAMETER (IN CM): 30.6

DIAMETER AT BOTTOM OF RIM OR NECK (IN CM): 30.4

BASE DIAMETER (IN CM): N/A

ESTIMATED VOLUME (IN LITERS): 2.1 liters

DECORATION: The rim has an engraved pendant triangle motif (Thurmond 1990) repeated four times around the vessel. The central engraved element in the motif is a diamond (repeated four times), with a smaller diamond within it. There is also an interior horizontal engraved line at the vessel carination.

TYPE: Ripley Engraved, var. McKinney


Ripley Engraved, var. McKinney carinated bowl, Burial 34, Pot 5, Tuck Carpenter site.

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Citation Information
Timothy K Perttula and Robert Z Selden. "Burial 34, Pot 5, Tuck Carpenter" (2020)
Available at: http://works.bepress.com/zac_selden/2130/