Pottery from the West Village

Detailed description of the Pottery p.39

P 121. Small fragment of pot ornamented with a chevron design of rouletted lines.
Ware dark grey colour ; average thickness 0.l9 in. Paste dark grey, light weight and porous
with little or no grit. Ext. surface dark grey, pitted with holes, soapy to the touch. tnt. surtlice nearly
black, smooth.
Found in Mound XI.
Figured in Plate XII

P 122. Fragment of a small bowl. Type XXV.
Ext. diam. of rim 5.38 in. ext. diam. of body 7.3l in.,
Ware is of light weight, texture friable ; varies in thickness from 0.l9 in, to 0.38 in. Paste blackish-brown colour, spongy and without grits. Ext. surface brown, slightly pitted. Int. surface varies from brown to black, uneven and pitted.
Ornamented below the rim with a band 0.5 in. in depth shaded diagonally with rouletted lines, bordered above by a single girth groove and below by double grooves and festooned rouletted lines.
Found in Mound XI.
Figured in Plates XII and XVI

P 123. Fragment of a bowl. Type IV.
Max. ext. diam. of rim 5.8l in. ; max. ext. diam. of body 6.88 in. lip beaded.
Ware hard-baked ; varies from 0.3l in. to 0.44 in. in thickness. Paste dark grey, mixed with quartz grains. Ext. surface black, smooth and burnished. Int. surface black, scored with tool-marks. Ornamented below rim with a band 1in. in depth of shaded lozenge-shaped spaces, bordered with double lines.
Found in Mound IX, 1914.
Figured in Plate IX.

P 124. Fragment of a bowl. Type XV
Max. ext. diam. of rim 5.38 in. max. ext. diam. of body 5.81 in. ; average thickness of ware
0.28 in.
Paste hard-baked, heavy, mixed with masses of small white grains probably calcite. Ornamented with a narrow band near the rim shaded with diagonal lines, and on the body reversed festoons (bordered by double lines) shaded with cross hatching.
Found in Mound XIV, 1912.
Figured in Plate XII.

P 125. Two fragments of an ornamented bowl.
The ware has a reddish tint as if it had been baked a second time ; average thickness 0.31 in.
Paste hard-baked and heavy, mixed with grit. Ext. surface originally black and burnished. Int. surface reddish-grey colour, sandy to the touch. Ornamented with a deeply incised pattern of rectangular and triangular-shaped spaces.
Found in Mound III, 1913.
Figured in Plate XI

P 127A. Fragment of ornamented bowl, lip round. Variant, probably of Type XV.
Max. ext. diam. of rim (approx.) 6 in. ; max. ext. diam. of body (approx.) 6.38 in.
Ware hard-baked, strong and heavy; thickness varies from 0.25 in. to 0.31 in. Paste dark grey, nearly black, well mixed with quantity of fine grit. Ext. surface black, smooth, burnished and tool-marked. Int. surface black, fairy smooth, tool-marked. Ornamented below rim with band 0.75 in. in depth, of cross-hatching, bordered above and below by one girth groove.
Found in Mound XXIV, 1922.
Figured in Plate IV

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