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POTTERY WARES 



Buf ware. — There are three prunary types of ware at Tab-1. Un- 

 slipped buff ware is the most abundant. The majority of these 

 vessels were more or less globular jars with short collars and outfiaring 

 rim with thickened lip. In 12 percent, the lips are painted red. 



Using Munsell equivalents, the surface color varies from an orange 

 cast 5YR 6/6, to a yellowish cast lOYE, 7/6. Sometimes both of these 

 variants can be found on the same pot as well as gray, orange, and 

 brown firing clouds. Therefore the exact shade is not particularly 

 significant. The exteriors of the pots generally are well smoothed. 

 In some cases there are surface striations from dragging of temper 

 particles during smoothing. The interiors are not as well finished. 

 Some show narrow marks of a smoothing implement such as a pebble, 

 or wider marks as from a gourd. 



The surface is slightly rough to the touch, and sherds that have 

 weathered are sandy and granular on the surface. It is probable that 

 this ware was self-slipped. 



Buff ware varies considerably in the color of the paste. It some- 

 times is fired with a gray core and buff margins of equal thickness. 

 Sometimes the gray core is 95 percent, with narrow buff margins. 

 Occasionally it is completely buff, evidently as the result of being fired 

 more heavily. These variations hold for very thin as well as very 

 thick ware. 



Tempering material is granular with angular particles, medium 

 to coarse in texture. In some instances temper is used moderately; 

 in others, heavily. Flakes of white and red usually are mixed in. 



The pottery does not break evenly; the fractures are rough and 

 granular. Thickness in buff ware varies from 6 mm. to 23 mm. 



Orange Slipped. — The shapes in general are the same as the buff 

 ware, excepting that there were a few shallow bowls with outflaring 

 rims. 



The slip is moderate orange 5YR 5/6 with splotches of light brown 

 5YR 5/6. 



The slipped surfaces often show fine parallel ridges, made by the 

 polishing stone, which are rough where the slip has weathered away. 

 Particles of mica glisten on the surface. 



The orange-slipped surface is smooth but not slick. Unslipped 

 interiors are often rough and granular. This slip seems to be more 

 thinly applied than is the red slip. 



The paste is a moderate orange in color varying to light brown. 



Frequently the runs, and sometimes the interiors, of this ware are 

 painted red. When orange-slipped ware is painted red, the result 

 is a much truer red than that seen on red-slipped ware, either because 



