Figure A1.116, Greasy Creek, 239, NTCC MH 1 654

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

 

VESSEL NO.: 239

 

NON-PLASTICS AND PASTE: grog

 

VESSEL FORM: Jar

 

RIM AND LIP FORM: Everted rim and a 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 and base

 

WALL THICKNESS (RIM, BODY, AND BASE IN MM): rim, 4.8 mm

 

INTERIOR SURFACE TREATMENT: none

 

EXTERIOR SURFACE TREATMENT: none

 

HEIGHT (IN CM): 17.6

 

ORIFICE DIAMETER (IN CM): 15.2

 

DIAMETER AT BOTTOM OF RIM OR NECK (IN CM): 15.0

 

BASE DIAMETER (IN CM) AND SHAPE OF BASE: 8.3; circular and flat

 

ESTIMATED VOLUME (IN LITERS): 2.4 liters

 

DECORATION (INCLUDING MOTIF AND ELEMENTS WHEN APPARENT): The rim is undecorated, but the vessel body has 32 vertical appliqued fillets that extend from the rim-body juncture to within 2.0 cm of the base. There are also single vertical incised lines between the appliqued fillets (Figure A1.116).

 

PIGMENT USE AND LOCATION ON VESSEL: none

 

TYPE AND VARIETY [IF KNOWN]: Cass Appliqued

 

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