. Bulletin. Ethnology. MEGGERS AND EVANS] ARCHEOLOGY AT MOUTH OF AMAZON 513 struct the height to 31 cm., which represents seven tiers. At this height the body diameter is 40 cm. Only one rim sherd was found that might belong to the jar. It is a folded-over rim, slightly everted, with a mouth diameter of 48 cm. Jar 13 is a large base fragment, the upper edge of which was protruding 6 cm. above the ground surface. It is the pedestal type (fig. 181, type C), 26 cm. in diameter, with coil lines clearly distinguishable on the bottom and in cross section showing the steps in construction. The first
. Bulletin. Ethnology. MEGGERS AND EVANS] ARCHEOLOGY AT MOUTH OF AMAZON 513 struct the height to 31 cm., which represents seven tiers. At this height the body diameter is 40 cm. Only one rim sherd was found that might belong to the jar. It is a folded-over rim, slightly everted, with a mouth diameter of 48 cm. Jar 13 is a large base fragment, the upper edge of which was protruding 6 cm. above the ground surface. It is the pedestal type (fig. 181, type C), 26 cm. in diameter, with coil lines clearly distinguishable on the bottom and in cross section showing the steps in construction. The first coil of the wall was added around the edge of a disk, which forms the center of the base. Then two smaller coils were added outside of the wall to form the projecting pedestal; as a result, the thickness of the wall at that point reaches cm. Both surfaces are very crude, uneven, and irregular. Jar 14 is another base, encountered 18 cm. below the surface. It has a flat bottom, rounded pedestal cm. high and widely flaring side walls (fig. 181, type C). Base diameter is 20 cm., height of the existing fragment 13 cm., at which the diameter has increased to 45 cm. Jar 15, the lower part of a small jar, was upright with the upper edge protrud- ing 7 cm. above the surface and covered with moss. The flat bottom is 12 cm. in diameter, the rounded and poorly defined pedestal 9 cm. high (fig. 181, type C). The maximum diameter of the rounded body, 11 cm. above the base, is 24 cm.; body wall thickness to cm. A quantity of miscellaneous sherds from Piratuba Plain bowls and jars of various sizes and shapes was encountered scattered about in the dirt. The relative frequency of the rim and vessel shapes can be seen on figure 201. Noteworthy were a sherd from a platter or griddle (Piratuba Plain shape 11) with, an upturned border bearing a row of impressed rings, and a body sherd from a large jar decorated at the base of the neck with an applique rib bearing vertical nicks appro
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