ST. THOMAS AND ST. JOHN


 Hull Series

 The paste of vessels of the Hull Series contains a large amount
of medium-sized and sometimes coarse sand as tempering material.
Both quartz and non-quartz grains are included. This pottery tends
to be poorly fired and hence to crumble or lose its surface easily.
Frequently, the surface is rough, like sandpaper; sometimes it is well
smoothed.
 Vessels are made by coiling. Walls are fairly thick, 6 to 10 mm.,
and brown, grayish red, or gray yellow-brown in color. Surface
hardness, if a good smooth surface is present, may be a little harder
(2.5 to 3 on Moh's scale) than for either Botany or Bordeaux
paste.
 It has been mentioned that Botany paste includes coarse sand
particles as tempering material. It is possible that Hull paste
represents one end of a continuum of the varying percentages of
crushed rock, grit, and sand contained as temper in Botany paste.
On the other hand, analysis suggests Hull paste to correlate with the
change from Coral to Botany pastes to be discussed later.

Hull Plain-vessels of Hull paste without any decoration. Shapes
are similar to those described under Botany Plain and under Coral
Plain.

Hull rim points-rim points of Hull paste (P1. XI, d).
Hull Horned-vessels of Hull paste with hornlike projections on
lips (Pl. XI, c).

Hull Spheroid Lugrgd-\essels of Hull paste having a rim append-
ages which are thicker than vessel walls and spherical in shape (P1.
XIII, e). This form may be related to Coral Side Lugged.

Hull red-painted-sherds of Hull paste exhibiting red paint, but
no other distinguishing characteristic, are included here.
Hull Painted Plate-like Botany or Bordeaux Painted Plates but of
sand-tempered paste.
Hull Griddles-these are similar except for temper to those de-
scribed under the Botany Series (P1. XV, a-b). Made of Hull paste
they are more crumbly than Botany Griddles.