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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.
Available at: http://works.bepress.com/zac_selden/518/