Large rim fragment of a ceramic vessel (specimen #093-1333). The Berry Site (31BK22). Burke County, North Carolina. Excavated in 2016 by Warren Wilson College Field School. Unit: N828 E210, level: Top of Feature 227. Weight: 207.8 g. Material: Clay.
Remarks: This rim fragment is from a carinated or cazuela Native American bowl with a rim diameter of 20 cm. The carinated vessel form means that the rim is in slanting and it is almost always found in a bowl form. The vessel is burnished exterior and interior surface treatment which means it has been highly polished with a smooth stone or dense bone fragment. The rim is incised with a four-line scroll decoration and punctuations occur near the vessel lip. It has soapstone temper which is indicative of Burke phase pottery around the upper Catawba and Yadkin River Valleys in North Carolina. The Burke phase dated from around 1400-1600 CE and is a variant of the Lamar phase ceramics found in Georgia, South Carolina, western North Carolina, and east Tennessee.
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