SITE NAME OR SITE NUMBER: Battle Place

CONTEXT INFORMATION: From a grave, 1928.

ACCESSION NO.: 5425-639

VESSEL NO.: V-202

NON-PLASTICS: shell

VESSEL FORM: Jar with a dimple base

RIM AND LIP FORM: Everted rim and a rounded lip

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

INTERIOR SURFACE COLOR: dark gray

EXTERIOR SURFACE COLOR: dark gray

WALL THICKNESS (RIM, BODY, AND BASE IN MM): 2.5 mm, rim

INTERIOR SURFACE TREATMENT: smoothed on the rim and upper body

EXTERIOR SURFACE TREATMENT: smoothed on the lower body

HEIGHT (IN CM): 11.9

ORIFICE DIAMETER (IN CM): 10.5

DIAMETER AT BOTTOM OF RIM OR NECK (IN CM): 12.3

BASE DIAMETER (IN CM): 3.3

ESTIMATED VOLUME (IN LITERS): 0.75 liters

DECORATION: The vessel rim has three alternating sets of closely-spaced diagonal incised lines between horizontal incised lines. The body has a simple incised scroll with hooked arms; the hooked arms are repeated nine times around the vessel body.

TYPE: cf. Foster Trailed-Incised or Mound Tract Incised and Brushed

Foster Trailed-Incised or Mound Tract Incised and Brushed jar (5425-639).