Figure A1.132, Greasy Creek, 255, NTCC MH 1 234

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

 

VESSEL NO.: 255

 

NON-PLASTICS AND PASTE: grog

 

VESSEL FORM: Jar

 

RIM AND LIP FORM: Everted rim and rounded lip

 

CORE COLOR: F (fired in a reducing environment and cooled in the open air)

 

INTERIOR SURFACE COLOR: yellowish-brown

 

EXTERIOR SURFACE COLOR: reddish-brown; fire clouds on the rim and body

 

WALL THICKNESS (RIM, BODY, AND BASE IN MM): rim, 5.5 mm

 

INTERIOR SURFACE TREATMENT: smoothed on the rim

 

EXTERIOR SURFACE TREATMENT: none

 

HEIGHT (IN CM): 12.7

 

ORIFICE DIAMETER (IN CM): 15.2

 

DIAMETER AT BOTTOM OF RIM OR NECK (IN CM): 14.6

 

BASE DIAMETER (IN CM) AND SHAPE OF BASE: 5.2; circular and flat

 

ESTIMATED VOLUME (IN LITERS): 1.2 liters

 

DECORATION (INCLUDING MOTIF AND ELEMENTS WHEN APPARENT): The rim is decorated with six horizontal rows of tool punctations. The vessel body is divided into panels by four vertical pinched ridges, and the panels are filled with vertical brushing marks (Figure A1.132).

 

PIGMENT USE AND LOCATION ON VESSEL: none

 

TYPE AND VARIETY [IF KNOWN]: cf. Pease Brushed-Incised

 

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