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Figure A1.139, Greasy Creek, 334, NTCC MH 2 485

SITE NAME OR SITE NUMBER: Greasy Creek (Shelby Mound, 41CP71)

 

VESSEL NO.: 334

 

VESSEL FORM: Jar with four strap handles (Figure A1.139)

 

RIM AND LIP FORM: Everted rim and rounded lip

 

EXTERIOR SURFACE COLOR: yellowish-brown; fire clouds on the rim, body, and base

 

EXTERIOR SURFACE TREATMENT: smoothed on the body

 

HEIGHT (IN CM): 22.7

 

ORIFICE DIAMETER (IN CM): 19.0

 

DIAMETER AT BOTTOM OF RIM OR NECK (IN CM): 15.8

 

BASE DIAMETER (IN CM) AND SHAPE OF BASE: 7.0; circular and flat

 

ESTIMATED VOLUME (IN LITERS): 2.7 liters

 

DECORATION (INCLUDING MOTIF AND ELEMENTS WHEN APPARENT): The rim has three equally-spaced horizontal rows of tool punctations. The vessel body has three vertical rows of widely-spaced appliqued nodes that are aligned below the strap handles (Figure A1.139).

 

PIGMENT USE AND LOCATION ON VESSEL: none

 

TYPE AND VARIETY [IF KNOWN]: Mockingbird Punctated

 

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Taken on December 9, 2011