Pottery from the West Village

Detailed description of the Pottery p.29

P 40. Part of the base of a pot perforated with three circular holes averaging 0.l55 in. in diam., and arranged in a triangle the sides of which measure l.5 in. The holes are near the centre of the base and were made after the pot was baked. There is also a fourth depression which does not penetrate the entire thickness of the ware on the ext. surface 0.63 in. in diam.; max. diam. of base 3.58 in.
Ware hard-baked strong and very heavy ; average thickness 0.5 in. Paste brownish-grey mixed with large quantity of calcite. Ext. surface dark grey and smooth. Int. surface dark brownish-grey, rough and gritty to the touch.
Found in Mound IX, in the black earth, 35 ft. S. of the c.p., 1914.
Figured in Plate IlI

P 41. The upper part and rim of a large ornamented pot.
Max. ext. diam. of rim 7.l9 in. ; max. ext. diam. of body 8.5 in.
Ware hard-baked and strong ; thickness varies from 0.l9 in. to 0.31 in. Paste grey, mixed with quantity of fine grit. Ext. surface varies from greyish-buff to black, smooth, burnished. Int. surface black, fairly smooth but uneven ; some parts are coated with charred food.
Lip beaded, rim nearly vertical 0.88 in. in depth ; shoulder ornamented with a band 0.75 in. in depth shaded with cross-hatchings, bordered above and below by one girth groove. Upper part of body ornamented with band of triangles 1.25 in. in depth. The lower triangles are shaded with cross-hatching ; the upper are left plain except that each space is occupied either by one or three circular depressions arranged alternately ; these appear on the inner surface as circular bulges.
Found in Mound IX, in the black earth, 26.5 ft. S.W. of the c.p., 1914. Part of this ornamented
rim was found in Mound VII, 1911.
Figured in Plate XI

P 43. Part of an ornamented base.
Max. ext. diam. of base (approx.) 3.75 in.
Ware hard-baked, strong and heavy ; average thickness 0.25 in. Paste dark grey, nearly black,
mixed with large quantity of calcite grains. Ext. surface varies from light brown to dark grey, smooth and even. Int. surface dark grey, flecked with whitish grains.
Ornamented with doubleAmed reversed semicirdes, which cross and make a central oval and a triangular-shaped space on either side. The spaces are shaded with diagonal lines.
Found in Mound IX, in the black earth, 24 ft. S. W. of the c.p., 1914.
Figured in Plate VII

P 44. Shallow unornamented bowl with flat base. Type XXXV.
The upper surface of the rim is flat or slightly concave, and has a broad shallow girth groove
on the inner surface.
Max. ext. diam. of rim 7.88 in. ; max. ext. diam. of body 7.44 in, max. diam. of base 3.25 in. average height 3.38 in.
Ware light-weight, fragile, badly baked ; average thickness 0.38 in. Paste dark grey mixed with grit and probably pieces of limestone. Ext. surface black to light red, uneven, burnished ; pitted with small holes, some of which contain fragments of lime. Int. surface varies from black to grey, fairly smooth ; burnished near the rim.
Found in Mound IX, in the black earth on the second floor, 1914.
Figured in Plates XVII and XIX.

P 46. Rough, thick, pigmy vessel.
Max. ext. diam. of rim 1.88 in. ; max height 2 in. ; max. depth of interior l.38 in.
Ware hard-baked, strong, very heavy; thickness of side and base varies from 0.38 in. to 0.62 in. Paste reddish-grey, mixed with large quantity of quartz sand. Ext. surface varies from red to grey, rough, fissured, uneven and gritty to the touch. Int. surface red to dark grey, uneven, smooth.
Found in Mound IX, on clay floor, 18 ft. S. of the c.p., 1914.
Figured in Plate IV.

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