Pottery from the West Village

Detailed description of the Pottery p.25

P 18. Ornamented base and fragment of side attached. The base has two round perforations
0.25 in. in diam. drilled after the pot was fired.
Max. diam. of base 5.25 in.
Ware heavy, strong and hard-baked ; thickness varies from 0.25 in. to 0.38 in. Paste dark grey, mixed with large quantity of quartz (largest pieces 0.l26 in. in diam.) and some grains of black stone.
Ext. surface black to buff, smooth where not weathered gritty to the touch elsewhere. Int. surface black, smooth in places, gritty elsewhere.
Base ornamented with double-grooved inverted semicircies, the spaces between shaded with curved grooves. Fragment of side shows two girth grooves.
Found in Mound XIV, on first floor, 23 ft. N.E. of the c.p., 1912.
Figured in Plate V.

P 19. About two-thirds of an ornamented bowl. Type III.
Max. ext. diam. of rim 6 in. ; max. ext. diam. of body 7.56 in. max. ext. diam. of base 4.063 in.
Paste mixed with sand and small quartz grains. Ext. surface black, smooth and burnished. Int. surface brown, gritty to the touch.
Ornamented with a festooned pattern shaded with fine cross-hatching, bordered above by three shaded girth grooves. Two girth grooves surround the base. The rim is surrounded with a girth groove on the inner surface. The under-surface of the base is ornamented, but there is not enough of the pattern to describe the complete design.
Found in Mound XIV, 22.5 ft. N. F. of the c.p., 1912.
Figured in Plate XV.

P 20. Fragment of ornamented bowl. Type XXVII.
Ware hard-baked, heavy ; varies in thickness from 0.l9 in. to 0.34 in. Paste light brown colour, mixed with quantity of grit. Ext. surface brown, one place black and burnished, weathered and gritty to the touch ; shows horizontal tool-marks. Int. surface greyish-brown colour, uneven and gritty to the touch.
Ornamented with an elaborate design of the scroll pattern on lower part of body, and between this and the rim by two cordons and rows of 0.5 in. circles enclosing two smaller circles with dots. The lower cordon is bordered below by a line of punctured dots. The rim is nearly vertical on outside and convex on inner surface ; the lip is everted.
Found in Mound III, in the black earth, 35.5 ft. SW. of the c.p., 1913.
Figured in Plate II and Plate XVI

P21. Fragment of ornamented bowl ; max. ext. diam. of lip 4.75 in.
Ware badly-baked, heavy ; average thickness 0.38 in. Paste rather soft, light grey colour, mixed with large quantity of quartz, and pieces of stone, some of which are 0.l9 in. in diam. Ext. surface lightish-grey, originally black and burnished ; smooth where not weathered. Int. surface grey to red ; this surface appears harder-baked than the exterior, uneven, gritty to the touch.
Ornamented with a band of chevron pointing to the right ; 0.62 in. max. width. Band is bordered above and below by four girth grooves the middle space between these lines is ornamented with a single row of dots.
Found in Mound III, in the black earth, 33 ft. S.W. of the c.p., 1913.
Figured in Plate V.

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