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Pottery Type Descriptions 



Ayalan Plain (Ayalan Ordinario) 



Size of Sample: 4924 sherds. 



Paste: 



Temper: Fine sand containing mica, which glitters in pinpoint specks on the 



surface. Sand grains less than 1 mm.; abundant and well distributed. 



Eroded surfaces not abrasive to touch. 

 Texture: Fine grained, compact, slightlj^ laminated appearance; occasional air 



pockets. 

 Color: Cross section varies from completely bright orange to completely dark 



gray, the majority of the sherds being orange. 

 Method of manufacture: Coiling. 

 Surface: 



Color: Range similar to Jambeli Plain; typically orange to tan. Rarely, 



surfaces are gray. 

 Treatment: Smoothed, usually leaving fine brushlike marks parallel to the rim. 



Bowl interiors generally even but not slick or smooth. Some surfaces slightly 



striated. The swiping treatment so characteristic of Jambeli Plain is rare. 

 Hardness: 3.5-4.0 

 Form (total rims from seriated samples, 405) : 



Ri7n: Exteriorly thickened, everted, interiorly thickened, expanded, or direct, 



with rounded, flattened or tapered lip. 

 Body wall thickness: Range 0.4-1.2 cm.; majority 4-6 mm. 

 Base: 1) Flattened; 2) annular, diameter 6-16 cm.; or, 3) hollow polypod, 



maximum diameter 5 cm. 

 Reconstructed common vessel shapes: 



Form 9 — 46 percent 



Form 4 — 13.8 percent 



Form 1 — 13.6 percent 



Form 5 — 5.2 percent. 

 Minor vessel shapes (frequency less than 5 percent): Forms S, 10, 3, 2, 11, 7, 12, 



and 13. 

 Appendages: 



Rim lug (fig. 23, e) : Lobe extending outward at 30° angle from rim; maximum 

 width 4.2 cm. A single specimen comes from the surface of Site 0-6. 



Spout: Slightly concave wall, exterior diameter 4 cm. Also from surface of 

 Site 0-6 (fig. 23, a). 

 Temporal Differences Within the Type: None discernible. 

 Chronological Position of the Type: Ayalan Plain is the principal plain 

 pottery type in the early part of the seriated sequence (see fig. 38). 



Jambeli Incised (Jambeli Inciso) 



Size of Sample: 80 sherds. 



Paste: Like Ayalan Plain; see that type description for details. 



Surface: Even, but not smooth or slick. Portions of either surface may have 



red wash or red slip. 

 Form (total rims from seriated samples, 9) : 



Rim: Direct, everted or expanded, with rounded lip. 



Body wall thickness: 0.4-1.5 cm. 



Base: Tall annular pedestals represent a high proportion of sherds with incised 

 decoration. Base diameter 10-18 cm. Probably associated with Vessel 

 Shape 4. 



