Artifacts
by Jonathan D. Till and Scott G. Ortman

Table 29. Vessel-Volume Data, Sand Canyon Pueblo

Ware/Form/Size Class

Mean Orifice Diameter (mm)

Mean Volume (ml)

Mean Volume by Ladlesa

Mean Volume by Small Bowlsb

White ware ladle

114

264

Small white ware bowl

159

808

3.06

Large white ware bowl

284

4,548

17.23

5.63

Small corrugated gray jar

106

2,826

NA

3.50

Medium corrugated gray jar

171

12,879

48.78

15.94

Large corrugated gray jar

190

22,443

85.01

27.78

NA = Not applicable, because the mean orifice diameter of small corrugated gray jars is smaller than the mean orifice diameter of ladles.
a Number of ladle-fulls (with a mean volume of 264 ml) needed to fill a vessel of the given class.
b
Number of small bowls (with a mean volume of 808 ml) that can be filled from a vessel of the given class.

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