URGENT STRATIGRAPHY AND SERIATION ARCHAEOLOGY ASSIGNMENT

Part II: Seriation exercise. 1) Read "The Data and the Problem: The Data The twelve stirrup spout bottles illustrated in figures A through L were excavated in a single cemetery. Radiocarbon measurements on tissues from the individuals buried in the cemetery ranged from 3000 +/- 200 years to 1800 +/- 100 years, suggesting that the cemetery was used over a period of about one thousand years and that the stirrup spout bottles from different tombs might have different ages. Each of the tombs excavated contained a single stirrup spout bottle. The tomb containing the vessel illustrated in Figure Chad been dug into the shaft of a tomb containing the vessel illustrated in Figure E. The law of superposition states that the materials deposited first are older than those deposited later, consequently, the bottle represented in Figure E is older than the vessel illustrated in Figure C. The Problem Assuming that the art style used in the cemetery was relatively homogeneous at any given moment in time and using the seriational technique described above, as well as the stratigraphic evidence that is available arrange the stirrup spout bottles into a chronological sequence, beginning with the carliest (oldest) vessel and ending with the most recent. Is there any vessel that does not seem to fit into the sequence? If so, how do you account for that? Does it have any features that indicate when it was actually made relative to the other bottles and where it belongs in the sequence? VOCABULARY Punctation: Dot motif Stirrup Bottle: This is just a type of bottle with a long neck. Spout: Is the part of the vessel from where you pour Shoulder Angle: Is the angle just below the neck of the vessel 2) Consider each bottle and its description (see below). 3) Arrange the bottles in correct chronological order from oldest to youngest (list the order of the letters on this sheet). It may help to print and cut out the bottles so that you can practice ordering them. LIST YOUR ANSWERS BELOW: PART II: 2) Consider each bottle and its description (see below) 3) Arrange the bottles in correct chronological order from oldest to youngest (list the order of the letters on this sheet). It may help to print and cut out the bottles so that you can practice ordering them. LIST YOUR ANSWERS BELOW: PARTI: Oldest bottle should be #1 1) 7) 2)__ 3) 4) 4) 10). ) 5) 12) 4) Answer the questions in the final paragraph of "The Data and the Problem" a) Is there any vessel that does not seem to fit the sequence? If so, how do you account for that? Does it have any features that indicate when it was actually made relative to the other bottles and where it belongs in the sequence? 5) Reflect on the exercise (in a couple of sentences): a) What problems did you face? How did you solve them? the other bottles and where it belongs in the sequence? 5) Reflect on the exercise (in a couple of sentences): a) What problems did you face? How did you solve them? Figure C: Vessel with tall, narrow conical spout; tall, narrow, rounded stirrup; cupcake-shaped body with marked shoulder angle and flattened bottom; circumferential bands of red paint alternating with undecorated bands on the spout, red paint over the entire surface of the body above the shoulder angle; no decoration on the stirrup. Figure : Vessel With tall, narrow conical spout; tall, narrow, rounded stirrup: Cupcake-shaped body with marked shoulder angle and flattened bottom circumferential bands of red paint alternating with undecorated bands on the spout, red paint over the entire surface of the body above the shoulder angle; no decoration on the stirrup. (0) Figure I: Vessel with relatively massive, tall, concave-curved spout with beveled rim; massive rounded stirrup, markedly convex-curved body with flat bottom; vertical bands of red paint alterating with undecorated bands on the body; no decoration on either the stirrup or the spout. 00 Figure L: Vessel with short, massive conical spout with flanged rim; massive rounded stirrup; convex curved body with flat bottom; punctate decoration over the entire body of the vessel; no decoration over the entire body of the vessel; no decoration on the stirrup or the spout. Figure L: Vessel with short, massive conical spout with fanged rim massive rounded stirrup: convex curved body with flat bottom; punctate decoration over the entire body of the vessel; no decoration over the entire body of the vessel; no decoration on the stirrup or the spout. E Figure E: Vessel with short, massive concave-curved spout with beveled rim; massive rounded stirrup; markedly convex-curved body with flat bottom; vertical bands of zoned punctate decoration alternating with undecorated bands on the body of the vessel; no decoration on either the stirrup or the spout. MI) MOB: Vessel with tall, straight-sided spout; narrow triangular-shaped stirrup: body has a low profile and a marked shoulder angle at mid-height: circumferential bands of red paint alternating with undecorated bands on the spout and the portion of the body above the shoulder angle. 5 B Figure 8: Vessel with tall, straight-sided spout; narrow triangular-shaped stirrup; body has a low profile and a marked shoulder angle at mid-height; circumferential bands of red paint alternating with undecorated bands on the spout and the portion of the body above the shoulder angle. G G Figure G: Vessel with short massive, rounded concave-curved spout with flanged rim; massive stirrup: markedly convex curved body with flat bottom; vertical bands of zoned punctate decoration alternating with undecorated bands on the body; no decoration on either the stirrup or the spout. O 1 Figure 3: Vessel with massive, straight-sided spout with flanged rim; massive rounded stirrup; markedly convex-curved body with fiat bottom; punctate decoration over the entire body of the vessel; no decoration on either the stirrup or the spout. Figure : Vessel with massive, straight-sided spout with flangedim; massive rounded stirrup: markedly convex.curved body with niat bottom; punctate decoration over the entire body of the vessel no decoration on either the stirrup or the spout. K K Figurek: Vessel with tall, concave-curved spout with flatrim; rounded stirrup; markedly convex- curved body with rounded bottom; circumferential bands of red paint alternating with undecorated bands on the spout; vertical red-painted bands alternating with undecorated bands on the body, no decoration on the stirrup. Figure A: Vessel with tall, straight-sided spout, narrow triangular-shaped stirrup: markedly convex- curved body with rounded bottom; circumferential bands of red paint alternating with undecorated bands on the spout and the body; no decoration on the stirrup. Figure A: Vessel with tall, straight-sided spout, narrow triangular-shaped stirrups markedly convex curved body with rounded bottom; circumferential bands of red paint alternating with undecorated tands on the spot and the body; no decoration on the stirrup, H Figure H: Vessel with relatively massive, tall, concave-curved spout with beveled rim, massive rounded stirrup: markedly convex-curved body with rounded bottom; vertical bands of red paint alternating with undecorated bands on the body of the vessel; no decoration on either the stirrup or the spout. Figure D: Vessel with short, massive conical spout with flanged rim; massive rounded stirrup: convex curved body with flat bottom; appliqu and punctate decoration over the entire surface of the vessel. H Figure H: Vessel with relatively massive, tall, concave-curved spout with beveled rim; massive rounded stirrup; markedly convex curved body with rounded bottom; vertical bands of red paint alternating with undecorated bands on the body of the vessel no decoration on either the stirrup or the spout. Figure D: Vessel with short, massive conical spout with flanged rim, massive rounded stirrup: convex-curved body with flat bottom; appliqu and punctate decoration over the entire surface of the vessel. F Figure F: Vessel with tall, narrow conical spout with flanged rim, tall, narrow, rounded stirrup: cupcake-shaped body with marked shoulder angle and flattened bottom; appliqu and punctate decoration on the stirrup; circumferential bands of red paint alternating with bands of punctation on the spout; vertical bands of red paint alternating with bands of punctation on the portion of the body above the shoulder angle