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Burial 37, Pot 6, 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 6

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 (7.5YR 5/3)

EXTERIOR SURFACE COLOR: brown (7.5YR 4/2)

WALL THICKNESS (RIM, BODY, AND BASE IN MM): 6.7 mm, rim

INTERIOR SURFACE TREATMENT: smoothed

EXTERIOR SURFACE TREATMENT: burnished

HEIGHT (IN CM): 17.0

ORIFICE DIAMETER (IN CM): 28.5

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

BASE DIAMETER (IN CM): 8.5

ESTIMATED VOLUME (IN LITERS): 4.3 liters

DECORATION: The rim has an engraved alternate nested triangle motif repeated six times around the vessel. There are also two alternating semi-circular elements on the rim, set between the nested triangles. The nested triangles either have two or three hatched corners or hatched pendant triangles within the larger engraved element.

TYPE: cf. Ripley Engraved, var. Williams

Ripley Engraved, var. Williams carinated bowl, Burial 37, Pot 6, Tuck Carpenter site.

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Citation Information
Timothy K Perttula and Robert Z Selden. "Burial 37, Pot 6, Tuck Carpenter" (2020)
Available at: http://works.bepress.com/zac_selden/2138/