EVA-V-037

This is the upper neck and rim of a large jar, almost certainly carinated based on comparison with other known Lapita vessel forms. It has an unusual compound rim, with a flaring “ledge” that sticks out at a right angle some 2.5 cm from the neck, while the neck continues up vertically another 1.8 cm higher than the ledge. The upper rim has a row of stamped circles (motif A417) along the lip, and motif GS624 on the outer face of this upper rim. The upper side of the ledge carries zone marker RZ4D-4R-1 and motif FOH101, consisting of stamped triangles. The lip of the flaring ledge has the stamped circle motif A417. The bottom of the ledge is undecorated, but immediately below the ledge the exterior of the neck has two rows of A417 stamped circles, followed by zone marker RZ4D-5R-2. Below this only fragments of the main motifs remain, primarily TFG281, a variant of the “labyrinth” design executed in fine dentate stamping.