056
Pottery Vessel
Record details
Operation
Zone(s)
Subzone(s)
Square
Deposit type
Vessel Number
056
Specific context
Burial 1-45
Ceramic complex
Ceramic complex (non-stratigraphic)
Type
Sierra Red
Variety
Sierra
Form
bowl
Kill hole?
No
Cross motif?
No
Percentage of vessel
50% - 74%
Number of sherds
82
Rim diameter (cm)
52.0
Height (cm)
9.0
Weight (g)
0.0
Comments
This large bowl has outcurving walls, an everted rim, and a 40-cm diameter base. The vessel is slipped in red (10R 4/8) on both the interior and exterior. The paste has a core of yellowish red (5YR 5/8) and very dark gray (2.5YR 3/0). Wall thickness is 0.9 cm.
Other media
Comments
Burial 1-45 of zone 236 is also represented in a profile drawing with burial 1-2. This upper planview depicts vessels 056 and 057.
Comments
The profile drawing is of a multiple burial in operation 1, zone 18. Burials 1-2a through 1-2i are represented, in addition to "root" burial 1-45 in zone 236. (Plan views of B1-45 exist in a separate series.) The burials contain shell tinklers, carved bone, and eight vessels.