Figure A1.128, Greasy Creek, 251, NTCC MH 1 605

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

 

VESSEL NO.: 251

 

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; fire clouds on the rim, body, and base

 

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

 

WALL THICKNESS (RIM, BODY, AND BASE IN MM): rim, 4.3 mm

 

INTERIOR SURFACE TREATMENT: smoothed on the rim

 

EXTERIOR SURFACE TREATMENT: none

 

HEIGHT (IN CM): 12.1

 

ORIFICE DIAMETER (IN CM): 12.4

 

DIAMETER AT BOTTOM OF RIM OR NECK (IN CM): 11.9

 

BASE DIAMETER (IN CM) AND SHAPE OF BASE: 5.5; circular and flat

 

ESTIMATED VOLUME (IN LITERS): 0.90 liters

 

DECORATION (INCLUDING MOTIF AND ELEMENTS WHEN APPARENT): The rim has partially smoothed over horizontal rows of neck bands. The vessel body is plain (Figure A1.128).

 

PIGMENT USE AND LOCATION ON VESSEL: none

 

TYPE AND VARIETY [IF KNOWN]: La Rue Neck Banded

 

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