Ocoee District of the Cherokee National Forest, southeastern Tennessee.

It's just as depressing as you can imagine.

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

 

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

 

VESSEL NO.: 379

 

VESSEL FORM: Carinated bowl

 

RIM AND LIP FORM: Inverted and direct rim and rounded lip

 

EXTERIOR SURFACE COLOR: red; fire clouds on the rim and body

 

EXTERIOR SURFACE TREATMENT: smoothed

 

HEIGHT (IN CM): 5.3

 

ORIFICE DIAMETER (IN CM): 10.0

 

DIAMETER AT BOTTOM OF RIM OR NECK (IN CM): 11.2

 

BASE DIAMETER (IN CM) AND SHAPE OF BASE: 3.8; circular and flat

 

ESTIMATED VOLUME (IN LITERS): 0.32 liters

 

DECORATION (INCLUDING MOTIF AND ELEMENTS WHEN APPARENT): The exterior surface of the vessel has a red slip. The exterior surface also has an engraved motif that consists of a single row of large excised triangles pendant from the carination point that is divided by sets of vertical and curvilinear engraved lines (Figure A1.145), reminiscent of Turner Engraved designs.

 

PIGMENT USE AND LOCATION ON VESSEL: white pigment in the engraved lines

 

TYPE AND VARIETY [IF KNOWN]: Unidentified fine ware

 

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

 

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

 

VESSEL NO.: 95

 

NON-PLASTICS AND PASTE: grog

 

VESSEL FORM: Compound bowl

 

RIM AND LIP FORM: Everted rim and a rounded, exterior folded lip

 

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

 

INTERIOR SURFACE COLOR: very dark grayish-brown

 

EXTERIOR SURFACE COLOR: brown; fire clouds on the body

 

WALL THICKNESS (RIM, BODY, AND BASE IN MM): rim, 7.9 mm

 

INTERIOR SURFACE TREATMENT: smoothed

 

EXTERIOR SURFACE TREATMENT: burnished

 

HEIGHT (IN CM): 7.4

 

ORIFICE DIAMETER (IN CM): 18.4

 

DIAMETER AT BOTTOM OF RIM OR NECK (IN CM): 18.0

 

BASE DIAMETER (IN CM) AND SHAPE OF BASE: 6.6; circular and flat

 

ESTIMATED VOLUME (IN LITERS): 0.82 liters

 

DECORATION (INCLUDING MOTIF AND ELEMENTS WHEN APPARENT): The upper rim panel has two widely-spaced horizontal engraved lines. The lower rim panel has a series of four engraved semi-circle motifs, each repeated four times around the vessel (Figure A1.100). The first two are semi-circles formed from arcing lines, with an inner circle; one of the semi-circles also has an engraved spur on one side. The third and fourth motifs have concentric semi-circles. One of the semi-circle motifs has an excised zone around it with two negative S-shaped elements (Figure A1.100). The other semi-circle motif has only a single negative S-shaped element.

 

PIGMENT USE AND LOCATION ON VESSEL: none

 

TYPE AND VARIETY [IF KNOWN]: Ripley Engraved, var. unspecified

 

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

 

VESSEL NO.: 242

 

NON-PLASTICS AND PASTE: grog

 

VESSEL FORM: Carinated bowl

 

RIM AND LIP FORM: Direct rim and a rounded, exterior folded lip

 

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

 

INTERIOR SURFACE COLOR: dark grayish-brown

 

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

 

WALL THICKNESS (RIM, BODY, AND BASE IN MM): rim, 4.6 mm

 

INTERIOR SURFACE TREATMENT: smoothed

 

EXTERIOR SURFACE TREATMENT: burnished

 

HEIGHT (IN CM): 8.2

 

ORIFICE DIAMETER (IN CM): 16.5

 

DIAMETER AT BOTTOM OF RIM OR NECK (IN CM): 16.4

 

BASE DIAMETER (IN CM) AND SHAPE OF BASE: 5.3; circular and flat

 

ESTIMATED VOLUME (IN LITERS): 0.81 liters

 

DECORATION (INCLUDING MOTIF AND ELEMENTS WHEN APPARENT): The rim panel has an engraved scroll and circle motif repeated four times around the vessel. Each circle has an inner negative circle with excised rays or excised triangles (Figure A1.119). The upper and lower scroll fill zones have excised brackets and triangles as well as negative ovals with inner spurs or dashed elements.

 

PIGMENT USE AND LOCATION ON VESSEL: white pigment in the engraved lines

 

TYPE AND VARIETY [IF KNOWN]: Ripley Engraved, var. Galt

 

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

 

VESSEL NO.: 250

 

NON-PLASTICS AND PASTE: grog

 

VESSEL FORM: Jar

 

RIM AND LIP FORM: Everted rim and a rounded lip

 

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

 

INTERIOR SURFACE COLOR: dark grayish-brown; fire clouds on the body

 

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

 

WALL THICKNESS (RIM, BODY, AND BASE IN MM): rim, 4.6 mm

 

INTERIOR SURFACE TREATMENT: none

 

EXTERIOR SURFACE TREATMENT: none

 

HEIGHT (IN CM): 12.3

 

ORIFICE DIAMETER (IN CM): 16.5

 

DIAMETER AT BOTTOM OF RIM OR NECK (IN CM): 16.1

 

BASE DIAMETER (IN CM) AND SHAPE OF BASE: 7.2

 

ESTIMATED VOLUME (IN LITERS): 1.2 liters

 

DECORATION (INCLUDING MOTIF AND ELEMENTS WHEN APPARENT): The rim has horizontal brushing marks and incised lines, while the vessel body is decorated with five incised chevrons. The inner part of the chevron is filled with circular punctations (Figure A1.127).

 

PIGMENT USE AND LOCATION ON VESSEL: none

 

TYPE AND VARIETY [IF KNOWN]: Unidentified utility ware

 

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

 

VESSEL NO.: 417

 

NON-PLASTICS AND PASTE: grog; sandy paste

 

VESSEL FORM: Jar with a short rim

 

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 and body

 

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

 

WALL THICKNESS (RIM, BODY, AND BASE IN MM): rim, 7.1 mm; body, 8.9 mm

 

INTERIOR SURFACE TREATMENT: smoothed

 

EXTERIOR SURFACE TREATMENT: none

 

HEIGHT (IN CM): 25.3

 

ORIFICE DIAMETER (IN CM): 20.9

 

DIAMETER AT BOTTOM OF RIM OR NECK (IN CM): 20.2

 

BASE DIAMETER (IN CM) AND SHAPE OF BASE: 8.9; circular and flat

 

ESTIMATED VOLUME (IN LITERS): 6.9 liters

 

DECORATION (INCLUDING MOTIF AND ELEMENTS WHEN APPARENT): The rim has a zone of vertical brushing marks above a zone of horizontal brushing marks. There is a horizontal row of tool punctations under the lip, and a second row that divides the vertical brushing from the horizontal brushing zones (Figure A1.151). The vessel body has vertical brushing marks that extend from the rim-body juncture to within 2.0 cm of the vessel base. The body also has four vertical appliqued fillets that have created panels filled with brushing marks.

 

PIGMENT USE AND LOCATION ON VESSEL: none

 

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

 

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

 

VESSEL NO.: 224

 

VESSEL FORM: Jar

 

RIM AND LIP FORM: Direct rim and a rounded, exterior folded lip

 

HEIGHT (IN CM): 13.0

 

ORIFICE DIAMETER (IN CM): 13.7

 

ESTIMATED VOLUME (IN LITERS): 1.1 liters

 

DECORATION (INCLUDING MOTIF AND ELEMENTS WHEN APPARENT): The rim is decorated with freely-placed tool punctations. The vessel body has a large appliqued fillet diamond motif that is repeated four times around the vessel, and extends to within 2.5 cm of the base; the motif includes three nested sets of appliqued diamond fillets (Figure A1.110). There are diamond-shaped incised elements between the appliqued fillets. The large diamond-shaped appliqued and incised motifs are separated from each other by upper and lower appliqued triangles and a connecting vertical appliqued fillet.

 

PIGMENT USE AND LOCATION ON VESSEL: none

 

TYPE AND VARIETY [IF KNOWN]: Harleton Appliqued

 

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

 

VESSEL NO.: 84

 

VESSEL FORM: Bottle with a long and slender neck

 

RIM AND LIP FORM: Direct rim and rounded lip

 

EXTERIOR SURFACE COLOR: yellowish-brown; fire clouds on the body and neck

 

HEIGHT (IN CM): 26.0

 

ORIFICE DIAMETER (IN CM): 4.6

 

DIAMETER AT BOTTOM OF RIM OR NECK (IN CM): 4.5; maximum body diameter is 15.0 cm

 

BASE DIAMETER (IN CM) AND SHAPE OF BASE: 6.7; circular and flat

 

ESTIMATED VOLUME (IN LITERS): 0.70 liters

 

DECORATION (INCLUDING MOTIF AND ELEMENTS WHEN APPARENT): The vessel body has opposed engraved triangular and semi-circular elements with excised pendant triangles on both outer and inner elements (Figure A1.98). The top and the bottom of the vessel body have two equally-spaced horizontal engraved lines.

 

PIGMENT USE AND LOCATION ON VESSEL: red pigment in the engraved lines

 

TYPE AND VARIETY [IF KNOWN]: Ripley Engraved, var. Ripley

 

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

 

VESSEL NO.: 252

 

VESSEL FORM: Carinated bowl

 

RIM AND LIP FORM: Direct rim and a rounded, exterior folded lip

 

HEIGHT (IN CM): 7.5

 

ORIFICE DIAMETER (IN CM): 19.7

 

ESTIMATED VOLUME (IN LITERS): 0.89 liters

 

DECORATION (INCLUDING MOTIF AND ELEMENTS WHEN APPARENT): The rim panel has 12 alternating upper and lower punctated triangle elements formed from two closely-spaced rows of punctations, three of which are outlined by engraved lines. Each of the punctated triangle elements has a small inner punctated triangle. Sets of alternating triangles are divided by three diagonal sets of tool punctations (Figure A1.129).

 

PIGMENT USE AND LOCATION ON VESSEL: white pigment in engraved lines and punctation

 

TYPE AND VARIETY [IF KNOWN]: Unidentified fine ware

 

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

 

VESSEL NO.: 21

 

NON-PLASTICS AND PASTE: grog and bone

 

VESSEL FORM: Jar with short rim (Figure A1.88)

 

RIM AND LIP FORM: Everted rim and rounded lip

 

CORE COLOR: B (fired and cooled in a reducing environment)

 

INTERIOR SURFACE COLOR: dark grayish-brown

 

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

 

WALL THICKNESS (RIM, BODY, AND BASE IN MM): rim, 5.4 mm

 

INTERIOR SURFACE TREATMENT: smoothed

 

EXTERIOR SURFACE TREATMENT: none

 

HEIGHT (IN CM): 19.0

 

ORIFICE DIAMETER (IN CM): 13.4

 

DIAMETER AT BOTTOM OF RIM OR NECK (IN CM): 13.1

 

BASE DIAMETER (IN CM) AND SHAPE OF BASE: 6.9; circular and flat

 

ESTIMATED VOLUME (IN LITERS): 2.3 liters

 

DECORATION (INCLUDING MOTIF AND ELEMENTS WHEN APPARENT): The rim has horizontal brushing marks as well as single horizontal rows of tool punctations under the lip and at the rim-body juncture. The vessel body has six panels defined by vertical pinched ridges. Each panel is filled with diagonal brushed-incised marks and lines and overlapping diagonal incised lines (Figure A1.88).

 

PIGMENT USE AND LOCATION ON VESSEL: none

 

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

 

It gets weird out here sometimes. I won't elaborate.

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

 

VESSEL NO.: 234

 

NON-PLASTICS AND PASTE: grog

 

VESSEL FORM: Jar with four small rim peaks (Figure A1.111)

 

RIM AND LIP FORM: Everted rim and a rounded lip

 

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

 

INTERIOR SURFACE COLOR: black

 

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

 

WALL THICKNESS (RIM, BODY, AND BASE IN MM): rim, 5.4 mm

 

INTERIOR SURFACE TREATMENT: smoothed on the rim

 

EXTERIOR SURFACE TREATMENT: none

 

HEIGHT (IN CM): 21.5

 

ORIFICE DIAMETER (IN CM): 20.5

 

DIAMETER AT BOTTOM OF RIM OR NECK (IN CM): 20.1

 

BASE DIAMETER (IN CM) AND SHAPE OF BASE: 8.9; circular and flat

 

ESTIMATED VOLUME (IN LITERS): 4.0 liters

 

DECORATION (INCLUDING MOTIF AND ELEMENTS WHEN APPARENT): The rim has four rows of neck bands, as well as four vertical appliqued ridges. The appliqued ridges are placed under the rim peaks (Figure A1.111). The vessel body is plain.

 

PIGMENT USE AND LOCATION ON VESSEL: none

 

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

 

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

 

VESSEL NO.: 369

 

VESSEL FORM: Bottle

 

RIM AND LIP FORM: Everted rim and rounded lip

 

CORE COLOR: B (fired and cooled in a reducing environment)

 

INTERIOR SURFACE COLOR: black

 

EXTERIOR SURFACE COLOR: black

 

HEIGHT (IN CM): 21.2

 

ORIFICE DIAMETER (IN CM): 4.1

 

DIAMETER AT BOTTOM OF RIM OR NECK (IN CM): 5.2; maximum body diameter is 14.4 cm

 

BASE DIAMETER (IN CM) AND SHAPE OF BASE: 5.1; circular and flat

 

ESTIMATED VOLUME (IN LITERS): 0.43 liters

 

DECORATION (INCLUDING MOTIF AND ELEMENTS WHEN APPARENT): The vessel body has an engraved scroll motif repeated four times around the vessel. The scroll consists of two encircling arms that meet at a central cross-hatched circle element (Figure A1.144). Where the two arms of the scroll pass by the central circle element, they are widened with a cross-hatched zone. Both scroll arms originate from the apex of large upper and lower engraved triangles.

 

PIGMENT USE AND LOCATION ON VESSEL: white pigment in the engraved lines

 

TYPE AND VARIETY [IF KNOWN]: Wilder Engraved, var. Wilder

 

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

 

VESSEL NO.: 380

 

NON-PLASTICS AND PASTE: grog

 

VESSEL FORM: Bottle

 

RIM AND LIP FORM: Direct rim and a flat lip

 

CORE COLOR: B (fired and cooled in a reducing environment)

 

INTERIOR SURFACE COLOR: dark grayish-brown

 

EXTERIOR SURFACE COLOR: dark grayish-brown

 

WALL THICKNESS (RIM, BODY, AND BASE IN MM): rim, 6.4 mm

 

INTERIOR SURFACE TREATMENT: none

 

EXTERIOR SURFACE TREATMENT: burnished

 

HEIGHT (IN CM): 13.3

 

ORIFICE DIAMETER (IN CM): 4.3

 

DIAMETER AT BOTTOM OF RIM OR NECK (IN CM): 4.4; maximum body diameter is 11.0 cm

 

BASE DIAMETER (IN CM) AND SHAPE OF BASE: 7.6; circular and flat

 

ESTIMATED VOLUME (IN LITERS): 0.40 liters

 

DECORATION (INCLUDING MOTIF AND ELEMENTS WHEN APPARENT): The vessel body has meandering scroll lines, vertical dividing lines, concentric semi-circles, rectangles, and partial triangle elements. The concentric semi-circles and rectangles have small excised pendant triangles, and the concentric semi-circles and partial triangles have an inner dashed line or spur element (Figure A1.146).

 

PIGMENT USE AND LOCATION ON VESSEL: none

 

TYPE AND VARIETY [IF KNOWN]: Ripley Engraved, var. unspecified

 

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

 

VESSEL NO.: 220

 

VESSEL FORM: Jar

 

RIM AND LIP FORM: Everted rim and a rounded lip

 

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

 

EXTERIOR SURFACE TREATMENT: none

 

HEIGHT (IN CM): 45.6

 

ORIFICE DIAMETER (IN CM): 34.0

 

DIAMETER AT BOTTOM OF RIM OR NECK (IN CM): 28.7

 

BASE DIAMETER (IN CM) AND SHAPE OF BASE: 7.3; circular and flat

 

ESTIMATED VOLUME (IN LITERS): 20.2 liters

 

DECORATION (INCLUDING MOTIF AND ELEMENTS WHEN APPARENT): The jar rim has 10 horizontal rows of neck banding (Figure A1.109). The vessel body has vertical brushing marks that extend from the rim-body juncture to within 6.0 cm of the vessel base.

 

PIGMENT USE AND LOCATION ON VESSEL: none

 

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

 

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

 

VESSEL NO.: 172

 

NON-PLASTICS AND PASTE: grog

 

VESSEL FORM: Carinated bowl

 

RIM AND LIP FORM: Inverted rim and a rounded lip

 

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

 

INTERIOR SURFACE COLOR: grayish-brown

 

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

 

WALL THICKNESS (RIM, BODY, AND BASE IN MM): rim, 5.2 mm

 

INTERIOR SURFACE TREATMENT: smoothed

 

EXTERIOR SURFACE TREATMENT: burnished

 

HEIGHT (IN CM): 11.4

 

ORIFICE DIAMETER (IN CM): 19.2

 

DIAMETER AT BOTTOM OF RIM OR NECK (IN CM): 20.0

 

BASE DIAMETER (IN CM) AND SHAPE OF BASE: 7.6; circular and rounded

 

ESTIMATED VOLUME (IN LITERS): 1.3 liters

 

DECORATION (INCLUDING MOTIF AND ELEMENTS WHEN APPARENT): The rim panel has an engraved scroll motif repeated four times around the vessel. The scrolls are divided by vertical brackets with inner spurs. Above and below each of the scrolls are single rows of small excised pendant triangles (Figure A1.104).

 

PIGMENT USE AND LOCATION ON VESSEL: none

 

TYPE AND VARIETY [IF KNOWN]: Ripley Engraved, var. unspecified

 

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

 

VESSEL NO.: 73

 

VESSEL FORM: Bottle with short neck

 

RIM AND LIP FORM: Direct rim and a rounded, exterior folded lip

 

HEIGHT (IN CM): 13.3

 

ORIFICE DIAMETER (IN CM): 4.0

 

BASE DIAMETER (IN CM) AND SHAPE OF BASE: 5.3; circular and flat

 

ESTIMATED VOLUME (IN LITERS): 0.28 liters

 

DECORATION (INCLUDING MOTIF AND ELEMENTS WHEN APPARENT): The vessel body has a series of six engraved horizontal meandering scrolls rather than concentric arcs, the latter characteristic of Bailey Engraved bottles. Four of these scrolls have a single row of engraved punctations that run down the center of the narrow scrolls; the other scrolls are open (Figure A1.97). There are four upper and lower curvilinear to triangular zones on the vessel body, and these zones are filled with circular-shaped engraved punctations, as noted on some Bailey Engraved bottles (Suhm and Jelks 1962:Plate 3f).

 

PIGMENT USE AND LOCATION ON VESSEL: none

 

TYPE AND VARIETY [IF KNOWN]: Unidentified fine ware, cf. Bailey Engraved

 

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

 

VESSEL NO.: 62

 

VESSEL FORM: Bottle

 

RIM AND LIP FORM: Everted rim and rounded lip

 

CORE COLOR: B (fired and cooled in a reducing environment)

 

INTERIOR SURFACE COLOR: black

 

EXTERIOR SURFACE COLOR: black

 

INTERIOR SURFACE TREATMENT: none

 

EXTERIOR SURFACE TREATMENT: burnished

 

HEIGHT (IN CM): 15.1

 

ORIFICE DIAMETER (IN CM): 4.2

 

DIAMETER AT BOTTOM OF RIM OR NECK (IN CM): 5.5; maximum body diameter is 12.4 cm

 

BASE DIAMETER (IN CM) AND SHAPE OF BASE: 4.1; circular and flat

 

ESTIMATED VOLUME (IN LITERS): 0.25 liters

 

DECORATION (INCLUDING MOTIF AND ELEMENTS WHEN APPARENT): The vessel body has four sets of tight engraved scrolls or spirals that end in central hooked arms (Figure A1.94).

 

PIGMENT USE AND LOCATION ON VESSEL: white pigment in the engraved lines

 

TYPE AND VARIETY [IF KNOWN]: Taylor Engraved

 

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

 

VESSEL NO.: 102

 

VESSEL FORM: Carinated bowl

 

RIM AND LIP FORM: Direct rim and a rounded, exterior folded lip

 

HEIGHT (IN CM): 12.1

 

ORIFICE DIAMETER (IN CM): 24.2

 

ESTIMATED VOLUME (IN LITERS): 1.8 liters

 

DECORATION (INCLUDING MOTIF AND ELEMENTS WHEN APPARENT): This vessel has an interior and exterior red slip. The rim panel has an engraved pendant triangle motif repeated two times around the vessel. The motif consists of a central circle (with an inner diamond and negative circle element) and a horizontal scroll featuring a central diamond (with an inner diamond and negative oval); the horizontal scroll does not connect with the central circle element. The horizontal scrolls end at upper and lower excised brackets. Above and below the scrolls are single rows of excised pendant triangles (Figure A1.101).

 

PIGMENT USE AND LOCATION ON VESSEL: white pigment in the engraved lines

 

TYPE AND VARIETY [IF KNOWN]: Ripley Engraved, var. McKinney

 

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

 

VESSEL NO.: 254

 

NON-PLASTICS AND PASTE: grog and bone

 

VESSEL FORM: Jar

 

RIM AND LIP FORM: Everted rim and rounded lip

 

CORE COLOR: B (fired and cooled in a reducing environment)

 

INTERIOR SURFACE COLOR: very dark grayish-brown; fire clouds on the base; organic residue on the rim and body

 

EXTERIOR SURFACE COLOR: very dark grayish-brown; fire clouds on the body; organic residue on the rim and body

 

WALL THICKNESS (RIM, BODY, AND BASE IN MM): rim, 5.9 mm

 

INTERIOR SURFACE TREATMENT: smoothed

 

EXTERIOR SURFACE TREATMENT: smoothed on the body

 

HEIGHT (IN CM): 15.1

 

ORIFICE DIAMETER (IN CM): 17.2

 

DIAMETER AT BOTTOM OF RIM OR NECK (IN CM): 16.9

 

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

 

ESTIMATED VOLUME (IN LITERS): 1.6 liters

 

DECORATION (INCLUDING MOTIF AND ELEMENTS WHEN APPARENT): The rim is decorated with closely-spaced horizontal incised lines. The vessel body is plain (Figure A1.131).

 

PIGMENT USE AND LOCATION ON VESSEL: none

 

TYPE AND VARIETY [IF KNOWN]: Unidentified utility ware

 

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

 

VESSEL NO.: No number

 

VESSEL FORM: Carinated bowl with four rim peaks (Figure A1.153)

 

RIM AND LIP FORM: Everted rim and rounded, exterior folded lip

 

EXTERIOR SURFACE COLOR: brown

 

EXTERIOR SURFACE TREATMENT: smoothed

 

HEIGHT (IN CM): 7.6

 

ORIFICE DIAMETER (IN CM): 19.2

 

DIAMETER AT BOTTOM OF RIM OR NECK (IN CM): 14.7

 

BASE DIAMETER (IN CM) AND SHAPE OF BASE: 4.9; circular and flat

 

ESTIMATED VOLUME (IN LITERS): 0.88 liters

 

DECORATION (INCLUDING MOTIF AND ELEMENTS WHEN APPARENT): The rim panel has an engraved scroll motif repeated four times around the vessel. The scroll has two arms that encircle each other and meet at a large open circle (Figure A1.153). There are semi-circular arcs of engraved lines and slanting scrolls that run between each central circle element. Upper and lower scroll fill zones have excised and cross-hatched triangles with negative ovals.

 

PIGMENT USE AND LOCATION ON VESSEL: white pigment in the engraved lines

 

TYPE AND VARIETY [IF KNOWN]: cf. Wilder Engraved, var. unspecified

 

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

 

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

 

VESSEL NO.: 296

 

NON-PLASTICS AND PASTE: grog

 

VESSEL FORM: Jar

 

RIM AND LIP FORM: Everted rim and rounded lip

 

CORE COLOR: B (fired and cooled in a reducing environment)

 

INTERIOR SURFACE COLOR: black

 

EXTERIOR SURFACE COLOR: dark grayish-brown

 

WALL THICKNESS (RIM, BODY, AND BASE IN MM): rim, 4.5 mm

 

INTERIOR SURFACE TREATMENT: smoothed

 

EXTERIOR SURFACE TREATMENT: burnished on the body

 

HEIGHT (IN CM): 7.8

 

ORIFICE DIAMETER (IN CM): 12.3

 

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

 

BASE DIAMETER (IN CM) AND SHAPE OF BASE: 5.3; circular and flat

 

ESTIMATED VOLUME (IN LITERS): 0.58 liters

 

DECORATION (INCLUDING MOTIF AND ELEMENTS WHEN APPARENT): The rim is decorated with a continuous series of vertical tool punctated rows that extend from under the vessel lip to the rim-body juncture. The vessel body is plain (Figure A1.136).

 

PIGMENT USE AND LOCATION ON VESSEL: none

 

TYPE AND VARIETY [IF KNOWN]: Unidentified utility ware

 

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

 

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

 

VESSEL NO.: 49

 

NON-PLASTICS AND PASTE: grog and bone

 

VESSEL FORM: Carinated bowl

 

RIM AND LIP FORM: Direct 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 body

 

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

 

WALL THICKNESS (RIM, BODY, AND BASE IN MM): rim, 4.9 mm

 

INTERIOR SURFACE TREATMENT: smoothed

 

EXTERIOR SURFACE TREATMENT: smoothed

 

HEIGHT (IN CM): 12.9

 

ORIFICE DIAMETER (IN CM): 21.8

 

DIAMETER AT BOTTOM OF RIM OR NECK (IN CM): 21.8

 

BASE DIAMETER (IN CM) AND SHAPE OF BASE: 7.1; circular and flat

 

ESTIMATED VOLUME (IN LITERS): 1.7 liters

 

DECORATION (INCLUDING MOTIF AND ELEMENTS WHEN APPARENT): The rim panel has four alternating sets of short engraved horizontal scrolls and central circles. The scrolls end in upper and lower excised brackets, and also have single upper and lower rows of excised pendant triangles. The central circles each have a small inner circle (Figure A1.93).

 

PIGMENT USE AND LOCATION ON VESSEL: red pigment in the engraved lines

 

TYPE AND VARIETY [IF KNOWN]: Ripley Engraved, cf. var. McKinney

 

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

 

VESSEL NO.: 192

 

VESSEL FORM: Jar

 

RIM AND LIP FORM: Everted rim and a rounded, exterior folded lip

 

EXTERIOR SURFACE COLOR: dark grayish-brown

 

EXTERIOR SURFACE TREATMENT: none

 

HEIGHT (IN CM): 19.4

 

ORIFICE DIAMETER (IN CM): 14.0

 

DIAMETER AT BOTTOM OF RIM OR NECK (IN CM): 13.7

 

BASE DIAMETER (IN CM) AND SHAPE OF BASE: 6.0; circular and flat

 

ESTIMATED VOLUME (IN LITERS): 2.4 liters

 

DECORATION (INCLUDING MOTIF AND ELEMENTS WHEN APPARENT): The rim of the vessel is plain. The vessel body has four sets of large appliqued fillet diamonds, each with a smaller inner appliqued fillet diamond (Figure A1.107). Both of these appliqued diamond elements are filled with diagonal opposed incised lines, as are the areas between the large appliqued diamonds.

 

PIGMENT USE AND LOCATION ON VESSEL: none

 

TYPE AND VARIETY [IF KNOWN]: Harleton Appliqued

 

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

 

VESSEL NO.: 171

 

NON-PLASTICS AND PASTE: grog

 

VESSEL FORM: Carinated bowl

 

RIM AND LIP FORM: Direct rim and a rounded, exterior folded lip

 

CORE COLOR: B (fired and cooled in a reducing environment)

 

INTERIOR SURFACE COLOR: grayish-brown; fire clouds on the rim and body

 

EXTERIOR SURFACE COLOR: grayish-brown; fire clouds on the body

 

WALL THICKNESS (RIM, BODY, AND BASE IN MM): rim, 4.1 mm

 

INTERIOR SURFACE TREATMENT: none

 

EXTERIOR SURFACE TREATMENT: smoothed

 

HEIGHT (IN CM): 4.9

 

ORIFICE DIAMETER (IN CM): 10.5

 

DIAMETER AT BOTTOM OF RIM OR NECK (IN CM): 9.0

 

BASE DIAMETER (IN CM) AND SHAPE OF BASE: 4.8; circular and flat

 

ESTIMATED VOLUME (IN LITERS): 0.31 liters

 

DECORATION (INCLUDING MOTIF AND ELEMENTS WHEN APPARENT): The rim panel has a continuous curvilinear engraved scroll motif that is repeated four times around the vessel. The upper and lower scroll fill zones are excised, and each has a negative horizontal S-shaped element within it (Figure A1.103).

 

PIGMENT USE AND LOCATION ON VESSEL: none

 

TYPE AND VARIETY [IF KNOWN]: Ripley Engraved, var. unspecified

 

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

 

VESSEL NO.: 13

 

VESSEL FORM: Jar with four rim peaks (Figure A1.84)

 

RIM AND LIP FORM: Everted rim and rounded lip

 

EXTERIOR SURFACE COLOR: dark yellowish-brown

 

HEIGHT (IN CM): 25.0

 

ORIFICE DIAMETER (IN CM): 17.0

 

DIAMETER AT BOTTOM OF RIM OR NECK (IN CM): 15.1

 

BASE DIAMETER (IN CM) AND SHAPE OF BASE: 7.9; circular and flat

 

ESTIMATED VOLUME (IN LITERS): 5.5 liters

 

DECORATION (INCLUDING MOTIF AND ELEMENTS WHEN APPARENT): The vessel rim has five horizontal rows of tool punctations. There are also four sets of two appliqued nodes on the rim, set under each rim peak (Figure A1.84).

 

PIGMENT USE AND LOCATION ON VESSEL: none

 

TYPE AND VARIETY [IF KNOWN]: Mockingbird Punctated

 

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

 

VESSEL NO.: 40

 

NON-PLASTICS AND PASTE: no temper apparent

 

VESSEL FORM: Compound bowl

 

RIM AND LIP FORM: Everted rim and rounded lip

 

CORE COLOR: B (fired and cooled in a reducing environment)

 

INTERIOR SURFACE COLOR: black

 

EXTERIOR SURFACE COLOR: black

 

WALL THICKNESS (RIM, BODY, AND BASE IN MM): rim, 6.5 mm

 

INTERIOR SURFACE TREATMENT: smoothed

 

EXTERIOR SURFACE TREATMENT: burnished

 

HEIGHT (IN CM): 8.2

 

ORIFICE DIAMETER (IN CM): 19.4

 

DIAMETER AT BOTTOM OF RIM OR NECK (IN CM): 19.2

 

BASE DIAMETER (IN CM) AND SHAPE OF BASE: 8.9; circular and flat

 

ESTIMATED VOLUME (IN LITERS): 0.95 liters

 

DECORATION (INCLUDING MOTIF AND ELEMENTS WHEN APPARENT): The upper rim panel has two widely-spaced horizontal engraved lines at the top and bottom of the panel. The lower rim panel has a slanted scroll and circle engraved motif that is repeated six times around the vessel (Figure A1.92). Each of the central circles (formed through multiple arcing lines) has a small inner circle. The scroll fill zones include small excised triangles and single vertical engraved lines.

 

PIGMENT USE AND LOCATION ON VESSEL: none

 

TYPE AND VARIETY [IF KNOWN]: Ripley Engraved, cf. var. Galt

 

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

 

VESSEL NO.: 366

 

NON-PLASTICS AND PASTE: grog

 

VESSEL FORM: Bottle

 

RIM AND LIP FORM: Direct rim and rounded lip

 

CORE COLOR: B (fired and cooled in a reducing environment)

 

INTERIOR SURFACE COLOR: grayish-brown

 

EXTERIOR SURFACE COLOR: grayish-brown

 

WALL THICKNESS (RIM, BODY, AND BASE IN MM): rim, 5.3 mm

 

INTERIOR SURFACE TREATMENT: none

 

EXTERIOR SURFACE TREATMENT: smoothed

 

HEIGHT (IN CM): 8.5

 

ORIFICE DIAMETER (IN CM): 3.2

 

DIAMETER AT BOTTOM OF RIM OR NECK (IN CM): 3.2

 

BASE DIAMETER (IN CM) AND SHAPE OF BASE: 4.2; circular and flat

 

ESTIMATED VOLUME (IN LITERS): 0.14 liters

 

DECORATION (INCLUDING MOTIF AND ELEMENTS WHEN APPARENT): Plain (Figure A1.143)

 

PIGMENT USE AND LOCATION ON VESSEL: none

 

TYPE AND VARIETY [IF KNOWN]: Unidentified plain ware

 

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

 

VESSEL NO.: 414

 

NON-PLASTICS AND PASTE: grog

 

VESSEL FORM: Jar

 

RIM AND LIP FORM: Everted rim and rounded, exterior folded lip

 

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

 

INTERIOR SURFACE COLOR: dark grayish-brown; fire clouds on the rim, body, and base

 

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

 

WALL THICKNESS (RIM, BODY, AND BASE IN MM): rim, 8.0 mm

 

INTERIOR SURFACE TREATMENT: smoothed

 

EXTERIOR SURFACE TREATMENT: none

 

HEIGHT (IN CM): 36.3

 

ORIFICE DIAMETER (IN CM): 27.4

 

DIAMETER AT BOTTOM OF RIM OR NECK (IN CM): 27.0

 

BASE DIAMETER (IN CM) AND SHAPE OF BASE: 7.8; circular and flat

 

ESTIMATED VOLUME (IN LITERS): 12.9 liters

 

DECORATION (INCLUDING MOTIF AND ELEMENTS WHEN APPARENT): The rim is decorated with horizontal brushing marks as well as two horizontal rows of tool punctations. The first row is under the vessel lip, and the punctations have been pushed through the brushing. The second tool punctated row is at the rim-body juncture (Figure A1.150). The vessel body has vertical brushing marks that extend from just below the rim-body juncture to within 4.0 cm of the vessel base.

 

PIGMENT USE AND LOCATION ON VESSEL: none

 

TYPE AND VARIETY [IF KNOWN]: Bullard Brushed

 

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

 

VESSEL NO.: 235

 

VESSEL FORM: Jar

 

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: none

 

HEIGHT (IN CM): 18.0

 

ORIFICE DIAMETER (IN CM): 13.2

 

DIAMETER AT BOTTOM OF RIM OR NECK (IN CM): 11.7

 

BASE DIAMETER (IN CM) AND SHAPE OF BASE: 5.9; circular and flat

 

ESTIMATED VOLUME (IN LITERS): 2.1 liters

 

DECORATION (INCLUDING MOTIF AND ELEMENTS WHEN APPARENT): The rim has three horizontal rows of tool punctations, one row under the lip, the second mid-way on the rim, and the third at the rim-body juncture. The top two rows are divided by a large appliqued node that extends partway down the rim (Figure A1.112). The vessel body has four vertical appliqued fillets that extend from near the rim-body juncture to within 2.0 cm of the vessel base. The appliqued fillets on the body are aligned with the large appliqued nodes on the rim.

 

PIGMENT USE AND LOCATION ON VESSEL: none

 

TYPE AND VARIETY [IF KNOWN]: cf. Mockingbird Punctated

 

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

 

VESSEL NO.: 64

 

VESSEL FORM: Compound bowl with four rim peaks (Figure A1.96)

 

RIM AND LIP FORM: Everted rim and a rounded lip

 

EXTERIOR SURFACE COLOR: dark yellowish-brown

 

EXTERIOR SURFACE TREATMENT: burnished

 

HEIGHT (IN CM): 11.0

 

ORIFICE DIAMETER (IN CM): 16.1

 

DIAMETER AT BOTTOM OF RIM OR NECK (IN CM): 14.8

 

BASE DIAMETER (IN CM) AND SHAPE OF BASE: 5.4; circular and flat

 

ESTIMATED VOLUME (IN LITERS): 1.4 liters

 

DECORATION (INCLUDING MOTIF AND ELEMENTS WHEN APPARENT): The upper rim panel has three widely-spaced horizontal engraved lines, and the area underneath each rim peak has a negative and horizontal S-shaped element (Figure A1.96). The lower panel has a simple horizontal scroll motif with a central circle element. The central circles have small inner excised circles.

 

PIGMENT USE AND LOCATION ON VESSEL: white pigment in the engraved lines

 

TYPE AND VARIETY [IF KNOWN]: Turner Engraved, var. unspecified

 

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

 

VESSEL NO.: 384

 

VESSEL FORM: Bottle

 

RIM AND LIP FORM: Everted rim and rounded lip

 

EXTERIOR SURFACE COLOR: dark brown

 

INTERIOR SURFACE TREATMENT: none

 

EXTERIOR SURFACE TREATMENT: burnished

 

HEIGHT (IN CM): 14.7

 

ORIFICE DIAMETER (IN CM): 3.1

 

DIAMETER AT BOTTOM OF RIM OR NECK (IN CM): 3.6; maximum body diameter is 10.0 cm

 

BASE DIAMETER (IN CM) AND SHAPE OF BASE: 3.6; circular and flat

 

ESTIMATED VOLUME (IN LITERS): 0.21 liters

 

DECORATION (INCLUDING MOTIF AND ELEMENTS WHEN APPARENT): The vessel body has an engraved scroll motif repeated four times around the body. The scrolls have two encircling arms that meet at a large excised circle element (Figure A1.148). The arms of each of the scrolls originate at the apex of large open pendant triangles.

 

PIGMENT USE AND LOCATION ON VESSEL: none

 

TYPE AND VARIETY [IF KNOWN]: Wilder Engraved, var. Wilder

 

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

 

VESSEL NO.: 237

 

NON-PLASTICS AND PASTE: grog

 

VESSEL FORM: Bowl

 

RIM AND LIP FORM: Direct rim and a rounded, exterior folded lip

 

CORE COLOR: B (fired and cooled in a reducing environment)

 

INTERIOR SURFACE COLOR: dark grayish-brown

 

EXTERIOR SURFACE COLOR: dark grayish-brown

 

WALL THICKNESS (RIM, BODY, AND BASE IN MM): rim, 6.8 mm

 

INTERIOR SURFACE TREATMENT: smoothed

 

EXTERIOR SURFACE TREATMENT: burnished

 

HEIGHT (IN CM): 5.7

 

ORIFICE DIAMETER (IN CM): 16.5

 

DIAMETER AT BOTTOM OF RIM OR NECK (IN CM): N/A

 

BASE DIAMETER (IN CM) AND SHAPE OF BASE: 6.4; circular and flat

 

ESTIMATED VOLUME (IN LITERS): 0.38 liters

 

DECORATION (INCLUDING MOTIF AND ELEMENTS WHEN APPARENT): The vessel has an engraved continuous scroll motif filled with five central circles; one of the circles has a small inner circle. The circles, scroll lines, and scroll fill zones are comprised of multiple closely-spaced engraved lines. The upper and lower scroll fill zones have open and excised triangles, excised brackets, vertical engraved lines, and negative ovals (Figure A1.114).

 

PIGMENT USE AND LOCATION ON VESSEL: none

 

TYPE AND VARIETY [IF KNOWN]: Ripley Engraved, var. unspecified

 

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

 

VESSEL NO.: 175

 

VESSEL FORM: Bottle

 

RIM AND LIP FORM: Everted rim and a rounded lip

 

CORE COLOR: B (fired and cooled in a reducing environment)

 

INTERIOR SURFACE COLOR: very dark grayish-brown

 

EXTERIOR SURFACE COLOR: black; fire clouds on the rim

 

INTERIOR SURFACE TREATMENT: none

 

EXTERIOR SURFACE TREATMENT: burnished

 

HEIGHT (IN CM): 18.5

 

ORIFICE DIAMETER (IN CM): 4.6

 

DIAMETER AT BOTTOM OF RIM OR NECK (IN CM): 4.1; maximum body diameter is 10.4 cm

 

BASE DIAMETER (IN CM) AND SHAPE OF BASE: 4.0; circular and flat

 

ESTIMATED VOLUME (IN LITERS): 0.30 liters

 

DECORATION (INCLUDING MOTIF AND ELEMENTS WHEN APPARENT): The vessel body has a broad panel delimited by three upper and lower horizontal engraved lines. The body has curvilinear hatched and cross-hatched zones with negative S-shaped elements as well as hooked arms (Figure A1.106).

 

PIGMENT USE AND LOCATION ON VESSEL: red pigment in the engraved lines

 

TYPE AND VARIETY [IF KNOWN]: Ripley Engraved, var. unspecified

 

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

 

VESSEL NO.: 243

 

NON-PLASTICS AND PASTE: grog

 

VESSEL FORM: Carinated bowl, miniature

 

RIM AND LIP FORM: Direct rim and a flat, exterior folded lip; Redwine mode (Walters 2010)

 

CORE COLOR: B (fired and cooled in a reducing environment)

 

INTERIOR SURFACE COLOR: dark brown; fire clouds on the rim, body, and base

 

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

 

WALL THICKNESS (RIM, BODY, AND BASE IN MM): rim, 5.3 mm

 

INTERIOR SURFACE TREATMENT: burnished

 

EXTERIOR SURFACE TREATMENT: burnished

 

HEIGHT (IN CM): 3.6

 

ORIFICE DIAMETER (IN CM): 10.2

 

DIAMETER AT BOTTOM OF RIM OR NECK (IN CM): 8.6

 

BASE DIAMETER (IN CM) AND SHAPE OF BASE: 6.0; circular and rounded

 

ESTIMATED VOLUME (IN LITERS): 0.22 liters

 

DECORATION (INCLUDING MOTIF AND ELEMENTS WHEN APPARENT): The rim panel has an engraved scroll and circle motif that is repeated three times on the vessel. The central circle element has an inner excised circle (Figure A1.120). The scrolls only have accompanying upper scroll fill zones that include vertical engraved lines; the central scroll line runs from the top of each circle to the bottom of the rim, and does not connect the central circles.

 

There is also a single horizontal engraved line on the interior vessel surface at the carination.

 

PIGMENT USE AND LOCATION ON VESSEL: white pigment in the engraved lines

 

TYPE AND VARIETY [IF KNOWN]: Ripley Engraved, cf. var. Galt

 

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

 

VESSEL NO.: 16

 

VESSEL FORM: Carinated bowl

 

RIM AND LIP FORM: Inverted rim and a rounded lip

 

HEIGHT (IN CM): 10.9

 

ORIFICE DIAMETER (IN CM): 15.4

 

ESTIMATED VOLUME (IN LITERS): 1.0 liters

 

DECORATION (INCLUDING MOTIF AND ELEMENTS WHEN APPARENT): The lip of the vessel is lip notched (Figure A1.86). The rim panel has a single horizontal engraved line that centrally bisects the panel, and there are downward-pointing excised tick marks on the line (Figure A1.87).

 

PIGMENT USE AND LOCATION ON VESSEL: none

 

TYPE AND VARIETY [IF KNOWN]: Simms Engraved

 

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

 

VESSEL NO.: 24

 

VESSEL FORM: Compound bowl with four rim peaks (Figure A1.89)

 

HEIGHT (IN CM): 5.7

 

ORIFICE DIAMETER (IN CM): 12.4

 

ESTIMATED VOLUME (IN LITERS): 0.57 liters

 

DECORATION (INCLUDING MOTIF AND ELEMENTS WHEN APPARENT): There is a single horizontal engraved line at the juncture of the upper and lower rim panels (Figure A1.89).

 

PIGMENT USE AND LOCATION ON VESSEL: none

 

TYPE AND VARIETY [IF KNOWN]: Unidentified fine ware

 

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

 

VESSEL NO.: 426

 

NON-PLASTICS AND PASTE: grog

 

VESSEL FORM: Carinated bowl

 

RIM AND LIP FORM: Direct rim and a rounded, exterior folded lip

 

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

 

INTERIOR SURFACE COLOR: yellowish-brown

 

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

 

WALL THICKNESS (RIM, BODY, AND BASE IN MM): rim, 6.1 mm; body, 5.9 mm; base, 7.4 mm

 

INTERIOR SURFACE TREATMENT: smoothed

 

EXTERIOR SURFACE TREATMENT: burnished

 

HEIGHT (IN CM): 11.8

 

ORIFICE DIAMETER (IN CM): 29.0

 

DIAMETER AT BOTTOM OF RIM OR NECK (IN CM): 28.8

 

BASE DIAMETER (IN CM) AND SHAPE OF BASE: 6.6; circular and flat

 

ESTIMATED VOLUME (IN LITERS): 2.1 liters

 

DECORATION (INCLUDING MOTIF AND ELEMENTS WHEN APPARENT): The rim panel has 16 engraved alternate nested triangles around the vessel. Each of the nested triangles has a smaller triangle within it that has excised corners, negative ovals, and a central dashed line (Figure A1.152).

 

PIGMENT USE AND LOCATION ON VESSEL: white pigment in the engraved lines

 

TYPE AND VARIETY [IF KNOWN]: Ripley Engraved, var. Williams

 

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

 

VESSEL NO.: 253

 

NON-PLASTICS AND PASTE: grog

 

VESSEL FORM: Carinated bowl

 

RIM AND LIP FORM: Inverted 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: yellowish-brown; fire clouds on the rim, body, and base

 

WALL THICKNESS (RIM, BODY, AND BASE IN MM): rim, 6.7 mm

 

INTERIOR SURFACE TREATMENT: none

 

EXTERIOR SURFACE TREATMENT: smoothed

 

HEIGHT (IN CM): 5.0

 

ORIFICE DIAMETER (IN CM): 13.9

 

DIAMETER AT BOTTOM OF RIM OR NECK (IN CM): 14.5

 

BASE DIAMETER (IN CM) AND SHAPE OF BASE: 7.7; circular and flat

 

ESTIMATED VOLUME (IN LITERS): 0.56 liters

 

DECORATION (INCLUDING MOTIF AND ELEMENTS WHEN APPARENT): The rim panel has 11 repeating sets of engraved alternate nested triangles. Each nested triangle has excised corners and negative ovals (Figure A1.130).

 

PIGMENT USE AND LOCATION ON VESSEL: none

 

TYPE AND VARIETY [IF KNOWN]: Ripley Engraved, var. Williams