Pottery Vessels Database

Specific context

Cache

Ceramic complex

Ceramic complex (non-stratigraphic)

Type

Ixcanrio Orange Polychrome

Variety

Ixcanrio

Form

bowl

Kill hole?

Cross motif?

Position

Percentage of vessel

75% - 94%

Number of sherds

Rim diameter (cm)

24.00

Height (cm)

6.60

Weight (g)

1122.00

Comments

This bowl features flared sides, a Z-angle flange, and an eroded slightly rounded base. The height of the wall above the basal flange is 2.8 cm. This was the uppermost vessel of the triadic cache.

0376

Comments

Vessel: Ixcanrio Orange Polychrome: Ixcanrio Variety flanged bowl from Triadic cache.

029

Record details

Operation

Zone(s)

Deposit type

Specific context

Cache

Ceramic complex

Ceramic complex (non-stratigraphic)

Type

Society Hall Red

Variety

Society Hall

Form

bowl

Kill hole?

Cross motif?

Position

Percentage of vessel

100%

Number of sherds

163

Rim diameter (cm)

18.70

Height (cm)

7.50

Weight (g)

647.50

Comments

Partially reconstructible bowl with nearly vertical sides, rounded lip, exterior fire clouding, and a streaky slip on the interior. The base is slightly convex with a diameter of 14.6 cm. The color of the slip in the interior is red (2.5YR 5/6) and light red (2.5YR 6/8). The exterior color is reddish yellow (5YR 6/6) or very dark gray (7.5YR 3/0). The paste is extremely porous due to its poor preservation. This is the North vessel of the quadripartite cache.

030

Record details

Operation

Zone(s)

Deposit type

Specific context

Cache

Ceramic complex

Ceramic complex (non-stratigraphic)

Type

Society Hall Red

Variety

Society Hall

Form

bowl

Kill hole?

Cross motif?

Position

Percentage of vessel

95% - 99%

Number of sherds

Rim diameter (cm)

18.70

Height (cm)

7.50

Weight (g)

0.00

Comments

DOA No: 33/200-5:1 This bowl has nearly vertical sides, a direct rim, a rounded lip and a flat base. Slip color on the interior of the vessel is light yellowish brown (2.5Y 6/4) or reddish yellow (7.5YR 6/6). The predominant color on the exterior of the vessel is gray (5Y 6/1), but a red (2.5YR 5/6) or reddish brown (2.5YR 5/4) color is also present. Thickness of the walls varies between 0.4-0.8 cm and the diameter of the base is 15 cm. This bowl is the South vessel of the quadripartite cache.

0379

Comments

Vessel: Society Hall Red: Society Hall Variety, one of four upright vessels of the Quadripartite cache.

031

Record details

Operation

Zone(s)

Deposit type

Specific context

Burial 1-2a

Burial 1-2b

Burial 1-2c

Burial 1-2d

Ceramic complex

Ceramic complex (non-stratigraphic)

Type

Society Hall Red

Variety

Society Hall

Form

bowl

Kill hole?

Yes

Cross motif?

Position

Percentage of vessel

50% - 74%

Number of sherds

Rim diameter (cm)

13.50

Height (cm)

4.50

Weight (g)

236.70

Comments

This bowl has flared sides, a direct rim, and rounded lip. Paste and color are within the characteristic attributes of Society Hall variety. The diameter of the flat base measures 10.8 cm.

0381

Comments

Vessel: Society Hall Red: Society Hall Variety bowl.

032

Record details

Operation

Zone(s)

Deposit type

Specific context

Cache

Ceramic complex

Ceramic complex (non-stratigraphic)

Type

Sierra Red

Variety

Gadrooned

Form

bowl

Kill hole?

Cross motif?

Position

Percentage of vessel

100%

Number of sherds

Rim diameter (cm)

16.60

Height (cm)

5.50

Weight (g)

487.00

Comments

DOA No: 33/200-5:11 This bowl has nearly vertical walls and a flat base. It probably had been exposed to fire. The interior and exterior of the vessel have a red (10R 5/6, 10R 5/8) slip that was applied with a mottled effect. The red tends to degrade into a strong brown (7.5YR 5/6). Fire clouding is present on only one area of the exterior part of the vessel. The color varies between very dark gray (7.5YR 3/0) and red (10R 5/8). The vessel is decorated with five circumferential grooves that were formed before firing. The uppermost groove forms the rim, which is exterior and thickened with a rounded lip. Grooves are irregular in shape and width, but basically measure 0.8 to 1 cm and are separated irregularly by a 5-cm span. Thickness of the wall is 0.8 cm. This is the West vessel of the quadripartite cache.

0383

Comments

Vessel: Sierra Red: Gadrooned Variety, one of four upright vessels of the Quadripartite cache.

033

Record details

Operation

Zone(s)

Deposit type

Specific context

Burial 1-2e

Ceramic complex

Ceramic complex (non-stratigraphic)

Type

Society Hall Red

Variety

Society Hall

Form

bowl

Kill hole?

Cross motif?

Yes

Position

Percentage of vessel

75% - 94%

Number of sherds

Rim diameter (cm)

23.50

Height (cm)

13.00

Weight (g)

1267.00

Comments

This outcurved bowl has an outflared everted rim with a rounded lip. The outflaring begins 8.5 cm from the base and extends 5.5 cm from the wall. The base is flat and measures 14.5 cm in diameter. Color and paste are within the characteristics of the Society Hall variety. A cross motif was slipped on the exterior base.

0384

Comments

Vessel: Society Hall Red: Society Hall Variety vessel with a cross painted on the exterior base.

034

Record details

Operation

Zone(s)

Deposit type

Specific context

Burial 1-2e

Ceramic complex

Ceramic complex (non-stratigraphic)

Type

Society Hall Red

Variety

Society Hall

Form

bowl

Kill hole?

Cross motif?

Yes

Position

Percentage of vessel

75% - 94%

Number of sherds

Rim diameter (cm)

43.20

Height (cm)

17.70

Weight (g)

4410.00

Comments

This outcurved bowl has an outflared everted rim with a rounded lip. The outflaring rim begins 8.5 cm from the base and is 7.4 cm in width. The base is flat and measures 31 cm. Color and paste composition is within the characteristics of the Society Hall variety. Slip was applied to the interior of the vessel and to the exterior of the lip, but the exterior walls are unslipped. A cross was slipped onto the interior base. The arms of the cross continue onto the walls. At the center of the cross, a circle was painted and outlined by four dots that form a quadrangle. The outflared everted rim was decorated by three incised elements that resemble eyebrows or half moons.

0389

Comments

Vessel: Society Hall Red: Society Hall Variety vessel with a cross painted on the interior base.

035

Record details

Operation

Zone(s)

Deposit type

Specific context

Cache

Ceramic complex

Ceramic complex (non-stratigraphic)

Type

Sierra Red

Variety

Gadrooned

Form

bowl

Kill hole?

Cross motif?

Position

Percentage of vessel

50% - 74%

Number of sherds

Rim diameter (cm)

16.60

Height (cm)

5.50

Weight (g)

487.00

Comments

DOA No: 33/200-5:12 This bowl has the same characteristics as the western cache vessel (V# 032) described above except that differential firing is more frequent and the slip is better preserved. Thickness of the walls is 0.8 cm. Diameter of the flat base is 14.6 cm. This is the East vessel of the quadripartite cache.

0706

Comments

Cache deposit of four vessels arranged in a cruciform pattern. Close-up view of microdebitage in eastern vessel (V# 035 ), Construction Phase 8c.

036

Record details

Operation

Zone(s)

Deposit type

Specific context

Burial 1-2e

Ceramic complex

Ceramic complex (non-stratigraphic)

Type

Society Hall Red

Variety

Society Hall

Form

bowl

Secondary characteristics

monkey face effigy

Kill hole?

Cross motif?

Position

Percentage of vessel

100%

Number of sherds

Rim diameter (cm)

20.00

Height (cm)

13.60

Weight (g)

1013.80

Comments

This bowl with incurved sides features an outflared neck, a horizontal everted rim, and a rounded lip. The base of the vessel is flat with a diameter of 9.5 cm. The base has a stroke of slip across it (not a cross). Two monkey faces were applied to the sides of the vessel. Each measures 2.5 cm across. The eyes and mouth were formed with impressed reeds. The height of the neck is 4 cm.

0391

Comments

Vessel: Society Hall Red: Society Hall Variety.

037

Record details

Operation

Zone(s)

Deposit type

Specific context

Burial 1-2g

Ceramic complex

Ceramic complex (non-stratigraphic)

Type

Sierra Red

Variety

Unspecified

Form

jar

Secondary characteristics

spout, 2 handles, miniature

Kill hole?

Cross motif?

Position

Percentage of vessel

100%

Number of sherds

Rim diameter (cm)

10.60

Height (cm)

8.10

Weight (g)

371.20

Comments

This miniature spouted jar has incurved-recurved sides, an outcurved neck, exterior thickened rim, rounded lip, and two handles. The vessel has paste characteristics and color of the Sierra Red type. Diameter of the flat base is 5 cm. Height of the neck is 2.4 cm; height of the spout is 5.4 cm; diameter of the spout is 1.5 cm.

0393

Comments

Vessel: Miniature Sierra Red: Unspecified Variety jar.

038

Record details

Operation

Zone(s)

Deposit type

Specific context

Burial 1-2i

Ceramic complex

Ceramic complex (non-stratigraphic)

Type

Society Hall Red

Variety

Society Hall

Form

bowl

Kill hole?

Cross motif?

Percentage of vessel

100%

Number of sherds

Rim diameter (cm)

52.00

Height (cm)

0.00

Weight (g)

602.40

Comments

A fragmentary bowl with flared sides, a direct rim, and rounded lip. Society Hall slip is present on the interior and exterior portions of the lip, but exterior walls are unslipped.

0114

Comments

Ceramic Type Collection: View of Society Hall: Society Hall Variety

039

Record details

Operation

Zone(s)

Subzone(s)

Deposit type

Specific context

Burial 1-3

Ceramic complex

Ceramic complex (non-stratigraphic)

Type

Sierra Red

Variety

Sierra

Form

bowl

Kill hole?

Cross motif?

Percentage of vessel

100%

Number of sherds

Rim diameter (cm)

30.00

Height (cm)

10.50

Weight (g)

1640.70

Comments

This outcurved bowl with exteriorly thickened rim and rounded lip exhibits paste and color within the characteristic attributes of the Sierra Red type. The base is flat and has a diameter of 22 cm. Wall thickness is 0.8 cm. Fragmented into sherds, the vessel was found in the western portion of a cist containing a flexed adult.

0395

Comments

Vessel: Sierra Red: Sierra Variety bowl.

040

Record details

Operation

Zone(s)

Subzone(s)

Deposit type

Specific context

Burial 1-3

Ceramic complex

Ceramic complex (non-stratigraphic)

Type

Sierra Red

Variety

Sierra

Form

bowl

Kill hole?

Cross motif?

Percentage of vessel

100%

Number of sherds

Rim diameter (cm)

54.00

Height (cm)

7.50

Weight (g)

4624.00

Comments

A badly eroded bowl with outcurved sides, an outflared rim, and a rounded lip. Wall thickness is 0.7 cm.

0396

Comments

Vessel: Sierra Red: Sierra Variety bowl.

042

Record details

Operation

Zone(s)

Deposit type

Specific context

Burial 1-4

Ceramic complex

Ceramic complex (non-stratigraphic)

Type

Sierra Red

Variety

Sierra

Form

bowl

Kill hole?

Cross motif?

Percentage of vessel

75% - 94%

Number of sherds

Rim diameter (cm)

10.20

Height (cm)

8.70

Weight (g)

479.00

Comments

This bowl has markedly incurved sides, a restricted orifice, and a double-collar neck. Paste and color are characteristic of Sierra Red. The diameter of the base is 6 cm. The bowl was associated with the secondary bundled remains of an older child or young adolescent.

0398

Comments

Vessel: Sierra Red: Sierra Variety incurving bowl.

043

Record details

Operation

Zone(s)

Subzone(s)

Deposit type

Specific context

Burial 1-10

Ceramic complex

Ceramic complex (non-stratigraphic)

Type

Sierra Red

Variety

Sierra

Form

dish

Kill hole?

Cross motif?

Percentage of vessel

< 50%

Number of sherds

Rim diameter (cm)

28.00

Height (cm)

7.00

Weight (g)

1193.00

Comments

A dish with outcurved sides and a flat base, as well as an outflaring everted rim with a rounded lip. The rim begins to flare by 3.3 cm up the wall of the vessel, and becomes everted at a height of 4.6 cm. The paste and color attributes fall within Sierra Red, although the slip was probably exposed to fire. It is a darker yellowish red (5YR 4/6). The diameter of the base is 21 cm.

0400

Comments

Vessel: Sierra Red: Sierra Variety outcurving bowl.

044

Record details

Operation

Zone(s)

Deposit type

Specific context

Cache

Ceramic complex

Ceramic complex (non-stratigraphic)

Type

Sierra Red

Variety

Gadrooned

Form

bowl

Kill hole?

Cross motif?

Position

Percentage of vessel

95% - 99%

Number of sherds

Rim diameter (cm)

16.00

Height (cm)

7.00

Weight (g)

648.00

Comments

A Sierra Red bowl with straight, vertically grooved walls and a slightly squared direct lip. Grooves are shallow and originate 1 cm below the lip. The vessel slip is red (2.5YR 4/8) and is eroded on both the interior and exterior. The paste has a gray core (2.5YR 4/1) with a few inclusions. The base is flat and has a diameter of 16 cm.

0402

Comments

Vessel: Sierra Red: Gadrooned Variety bowl from cache.

045

Record details

Operation

Zone(s)

Deposit type

Specific context

Burial 1-6a

Ceramic complex

Ceramic complex (non-stratigraphic)

Type

Sierra Red

Variety

Gadrooned

Form

bowl

Kill hole?

Cross motif?

Percentage of vessel

100%

Number of sherds

Rim diameter (cm)

21.00

Height (cm)

8.40

Weight (g)

838.00

Comments

An eroded bowl with horizontal grooves and a beveled rim. The paste and color render this vessel within the Sierra Red type, as do the decorations, though the grooves do not protrude as much as some of the other type vessels. Each groove is 1 cm wide. The flat base has a diameter of 16 cm.

0403

Comments

Vessel: Sierra Red: Gadrooned Variety bowl.

046

Record details

Operation

Zone(s)

Deposit type

Specific context

Burial 1-13

Ceramic complex

Ceramic complex (non-stratigraphic)

Type

Society Hall Red

Variety

Society Hall

Form

bowl

Kill hole?

Cross motif?

Yes

Position

Percentage of vessel

< 50%

Number of sherds

Rim diameter (cm)

37.50

Height (cm)

16.00

Weight (g)

437.70

Comments

This bowl features flared sides, a flat base, an outflared, everted rim, and a rounded lip. The total height of the vessel is 16 cm but the rim begins to project at a height of 11 cm and extends another 9 cm at a 45¡ angle. The paste color is pink (5YR 7/3) or very pale brown (10YR 7/3). The paste is fine-textured and no core was formed. A thin, pale red (2.5YR 6/8) slip was applied over the interior and exterior, but its preservation is poor. The slip is very thin and flakes easily. A distinctive feature of this vessel is the streaky painted cross-band on the exterior of the flat base, which has a diameter of 26.3 cm. The painted bands are of unequal dimensions: the larger one 23x2.5 cm, the smaller 20x2.5 cm. The smaller band does not evenly bisect the larger one. Near the rim, three attempts were made to perforate the vessel. Two drill holes were completed 11 cm apart, but the third, situated close to one of the other two, never pierced the vessel. The bowl was inverted over the head and upper torso of a flexed adult.

0405

Comments

Vessel: Society Hall Red: Society Hall Variety vessel with cross painted on the exterior base.

047

Record details

Operation

Zone(s)

Deposit type

Specific context

Burial 1-13

Ceramic complex

Ceramic complex (non-stratigraphic)

Type

Sierra Red

Variety

Unspecified

Form

jar

Secondary characteristics

face effigy, spout, handles

Kill hole?

Cross motif?

Position

Percentage of vessel

95% - 99%

Number of sherds

Rim diameter (cm)

11.00

Height (cm)

13.50

Weight (g)

780.50

Comments

DOA No: 33/200-5:7 This Sierra Red spouted jar effigy is not classified within any Sierra Red varieties because of its unique modeled decoration. No such decoration has ever been reported for any of the varieties. The jar itself has a slightly everted rim, square lip, two small strap handles, a spout, and a concave base. The slip color is yellowish red (5YR 5/8) to light red (2.5YR 6/8) and the interior of the neck is slipped with the latter color. Fire clouding is also present. The paste is pink (5YR 7/3) to gray (7.5YR 6/0) and has a medium texture. Opposite the spout, there is an effigy-modeled face that covers the body of the vessel. The two strap handles vary in size. One is 1.5-2 cm in width, while the larger one is 2-2.5 cm wide. Each has a height of 3.6 cm. The spout measures 3.5 cm in height and its orifice is 2 cm in diameter. The height of the vesselÕs neck is 1.6 cm. The diameter of the base is 14 cm.

0409

Comments

Vessel: Sierra Red Group spouted jar with molded effigy face and handles.

048

Record details

Operation

Zone(s)

Deposit type

Specific context

Burial 1-12a

Ceramic complex

Ceramic complex (non-stratigraphic)

Type

Sierra Red

Variety

Sierra

Form

jar

Secondary characteristics

spout

Kill hole?

Yes

Cross motif?

Percentage of vessel

75% - 94%

Number of sherds

Rim diameter (cm)

17.50

Height (cm)

13.90

Weight (g)

991.00

Comments

A spouted jar with incurved-recurved sides. Incurved side is gadrooned, and was probably formed by pressing a finger continuously around the vessel. The neck is slightly outcurved and is 8.4 cm high. The rim is thickened on the exterior and has a rounded lip. The spout is located 4.9 cm from the rim and is 8.5 cm high. Diameter of the spout orifice is 1.4 cm. The diameter of the base is 10 cm. The slip on the vessel is red (10R 5/8) and light red (10R 6/8) and was applied to the exterior and to the interior of the neck. There are no traces of slip on the flat base, but this could be due to erosion. Fire clouding is present near the base and ranges in color from gray (7.5R 5/0) to dark gray (2.5YR 4/8).

0412

Comments

Vessel: Sierra Red: Sierra Variety spouted jar.

049

Record details

Operation

Zone(s)

Deposit type

Specific context

Burial 1-15a

Ceramic complex

Ceramic complex (non-stratigraphic)

Type

Chicago Orange

Variety

Chucun

Form

jar

Secondary characteristics

handles

Kill hole?

Cross motif?

Percentage of vessel

95% - 99%

Number of sherds

Rim diameter (cm)

10.00

Height (cm)

12.20

Weight (g)

648.00

Comments

DOA No: 33/200-5:6 A jar with incurved-recurved sides, strap handles, a slightly rounded base, and an exterior folded rim with a rounded lip. The color of the slip is the same as the paste: a light red (2.5YR 6/6). The interior of the neck was slipped with the same color. Erosion has led to smoothing marks. The basal diameter measures 6.5 cm, and the handles are 1.3 cm in width and 4 cm in height. The jar abutted the northern wall of the burial pit and was positioned on the deceasedÕs left side.

0734

Comments

Vessel: Chicago Orange: Chucun Variety jar.

050

Record details

Operation

Zone(s)

Deposit type

Specific context

Burial 1-15a

Ceramic complex

Ceramic complex (non-stratigraphic)

Type

Sierra Red

Variety

Sierra

Form

cylinder

Kill hole?

Cross motif?

Position

Percentage of vessel

95% - 99%

Number of sherds

Rim diameter (cm)

20.50

Height (cm)

18.60

Weight (g)

1253.00

Comments

Cylinder with nearly vertical sides, a rim thickened on the exterior, and a slightly squared lip. A significant feature is the fluting decoration inscribed onto the sides. A circumferential line demarcates the extent of the flutes at 4.7 cm from the rim, and a second one parallels it down near the base. The flutes are irregular, varying in width from 0.7-1.2 cm. The decoration is reminiscent of that on a cylinder reported by Adams from the Plancha Complex at Altar de Sacrificios (Adams 1971, fig.14g). The K'axob vessel has a light reddish brown (5YR 6/4) paste of a fine to medium texture and possible carbonate and iron inclusions. The exterior and interior are slipped in red (10R 5/8). Fire clouding occurs on the exterior near the rim and is variably white (5Y 8/1), dark olive gray (5Y 3/2), and very dark gray (10YR 3/1). The slip is crackled on most of the vessel, presumably because of the accumulation of carbonates. The base of the cylinder is slipped in the same color and measures 14.1 cm in diameter. The vessel was placed upright next to a seated, old adult female.

0736

Comments

Vessel: Sierra Red: Sierra Variety bowl with vertical sides

051

Record details

Operation

Zone(s)

Deposit type

Specific context

Burial 1-15a

Ceramic complex

Ceramic complex (non-stratigraphic)

Type

Sierra Red

Variety

Sierra

Form

bowl

Kill hole?

Cross motif?

Position

Percentage of vessel

95% - 99%

Number of sherds

Rim diameter (cm)

0.00

Height (cm)

9.00

Weight (g)

2118.70

Comments

An extremely eroded bowl with characteristics indicating its inclusion within the Sierra Red type. The vessel has outcurved walls and remnants of a horizontal everted rim that seems to have been intentionally broken. The interior of the base is a very dark gray (10YR 3/1) as a result of fire exposure. The basal diameter is 26 cm, while the rimless aperture has a diameter of 28.5 cm. The vessel was found inverted over the skull of a seated, old adult female.

0737

Comments

Vessel: Sierra Red: Sierra Variety bowl lacking a rim.

052

Record details

Operation

Zone(s)

Deposit type

Specific context

Burial 1-17a

Ceramic complex

Ceramic complex (non-stratigraphic)

Type

Sierra Red

Variety

Sierra

Form

bowl

Kill hole?

Cross motif?

Percentage of vessel

75% - 94%

Number of sherds

Rim diameter (cm)

21.30

Height (cm)

6.30

Weight (g)

739.00

Comments

Bowl with outcurved sides, rounded lip, and a flat base. The everted lip has a depression in it, which creates a "gutter" effect. Though fairly eroded, the vessel's remaining slip is a reddish yellow (5YR 6/6). Fire clouding is present on the exterior and is black (7.5YR 5/0). The diameter of the base is 13.8 cm. The vessel was positioned over the deceased's left shoulder. An associated vessel (V# 053) was inverted over the skull.

0740

Comments

Vessel: Sierra Red: Sierra Variety bowl.

053

Record details

Operation

Zone(s)

Deposit type

Specific context

Burial 1-17a

Ceramic complex

Ceramic complex (non-stratigraphic)

Type

Sierra Red

Variety

Sierra

Form

bowl

Kill hole?

Cross motif?

Position

Percentage of vessel

< 50%

Number of sherds

Rim diameter (cm)

35.00

Height (cm)

8.50

Weight (g)

1895.00

Comments

Outcurved sides characterize this flat-bottomed bowl (22 cm diameter) with an everted rim and rounded lip. The vessel is slipped on both the interior and exterior surfaces, but exhibits differential firing patterns on the outside and crazing on the inside. The rim begins 6 cm up the vessel wall. This bowl was inverted and placed over the skull of an adult.

0743

Comments

Vessel: Sierra Red: Sierra Variety bowl.