41CP12, Burial 29, Pot 5

Description

SITE NAME OR SITE NUMBER: Johns

VESSEL NO.: Burial 29, Pot 5

NON-PLASTICS: grog

VESSEL FORM: Jar with a short rim

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 gray (10YR 3/1); fire clouding on the body

EXTERIOR SURFACE COLOR: pale brown (10YR 6/3); fire clouding on the rim, body, and base; organic residue on the rim, body, and base

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

INTERIOR SURFACE TREATMENT: smoothed

EXTERIOR SURFACE TREATMENT: none

HEIGHT (IN CM): 17.0

ORIFICE DIAMETER (IN CM): 14.7

DIAMETER AT BOTTOM OF RIM OR NECK (IN CM): 11.5

BASE DIAMETER (IN CM): 6.4

ESTIMATED VOLUME (IN LITERS): 2.3 liters

DECORATION: The rim has horizontal brushing marks. The body has thin vertical appliqued ridges with vertical brushing marks between the ridges.

TYPE: Belcher Ridged, var. Byram Ferry (Girard 2007:15)

Belcher Ridged, var. Byram Ferry jar, Burial 29, Pot 5.