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Burial 37, 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 37, Pot 5

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 (10YR 5/3)

EXTERIOR SURFACE COLOR: brown (10YR 5/3)

WALL THICKNESS (RIM, BODY, AND BASE IN MM): 6.7 mm, rim; 7.0 mm, body; 8.7 mm, base

INTERIOR SURFACE TREATMENT: smoothed

EXTERIOR SURFACE TREATMENT: burnished

HEIGHT (IN CM): 7.5

ORIFICE DIAMETER (IN CM): 15.9

DIAMETER AT BOTTOM OF RIM OR NECK (IN CM): 15.7

BASE DIAMETER (IN CM): 5.8

ESTIMATED VOLUME (IN LITERS): 0.7 liters

DECORATION: The rim has an engraved scroll and semi-circle motif repeated two times around the vessel. The engraved motifs are divided by two sets of vertical engraved lines. The outer lines on several of the upper and lower scroll fill zones have open and/or excised pendant triangles.

TYPE: Ripley Engraved, var. unspecified, cf. var. Caldwell

Ripley Engraved, var. unspecified carinated bowl, Burial 37, Pot 5, Tuck Carpenter site.

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Citation Information
Timothy K. Perttula and Robert Z Selden. "Burial 37, Pot 5, Tuck Carpenter" (2020)
Available at: http://works.bepress.com/zac_selden/2135/