This LEFRANCQHAWKES_MAHURJHARI_VESSELFORMSreadme.txt file was generated on 20191101 by J HAWKES ------------------- GENERAL INFORMATION ------------------- Title of Dataset: THE ARCHAEOLOGICAL CERAMICS FROM MAHURJHARI: THE VESSEL FORMS Author Information Principal Investigator: COLINE LEFRANCQ, Institute Français de Pondichéry, Pondicherry, India, coline.lefrancq@gmail.com Associate or Co-investigator: JASON D HAWKES, The British Museum, London, United Kingdom, hawkes.jason@gmail.com Date of data collection: 20160101-20161130 Geographic location of data collection: Pune, Maharashtra, India Information about funding sources or sponsorship that supported the collection of the data: Data collection and analyses was funded by the European Research Council, under the European Union's 7th Framework Programme (FP7/2007-2013)/ERC grant agreement no. 609823, awarded to Dr Michael Willis. -------------------------- SHARING/ACCESS INFORMATION -------------------------- Licenses/restrictions placed on the data, or limitations of reuse: None Recommended citation for the data: Lefrancq, C. and Hawkes, J. 2019. The Archaeological Ceramics from Mahurjhari: the Vessel Forms. https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.3548883 Citation for and links to publications that cite or use the data: Lefrancq, C., Hawkes, J., C.M. Jaseera and Mohanty, R.K. 2019 A Typology of Practice: The Archaeological Ceramics from Mahurjhari, Internet Archaeology 52. https://doi.org/10.11141/ia.52.9 Links/relationships to ancillary or related data sets: Related datasets are referenced in the above publication. -------------------- DATA & FILE OVERVIEW -------------------- File list: LefrancqHawkes_Mahurjhari_VesselForms.pdf A descriptive and illustrated list of the vessel forms identified and defined during the analysis of archaeological ceramics in the excavated assemblage from the site at Mahurjhari, excavated by the Deccan College, Pune 2000-2003. Relationship between files: This dataset should be read in conjunction with article detailing the methods of analyses (see above), as well as other related datasets that are referenced in the bibliography of that article. Additional related data collected that was not included in the current data package: Related data not included in this data package includes, an account of the fabric groups identified in the excavated assemblage, and lists of their stratigraphic contexts. If data was derived from another source, list source: N/A If there are there multiple versions of the dataset, list the file updated, when and why update was made: N/A -------------------------- METHODOLOGICAL INFORMATION -------------------------- Description of methods used for collection/generation of data: The data presented in this dataset was generated through the drawing of potsherds, as part of a wider process of recording and analysis. This involved the first-hand visual examination and recording of potsherds and their categorisation on the basis of shared characteristic features noted during visual inspection. Once categorised in this way, representative examples of each grouping were drawn and described using standard pottery illustration techniques, and with reference to standard nomenclature for the description of archaeological ceramics. These are referenced in the bibliography of the dataset. Methods for processing the data: Once potsherds had been drawn by hand, they were digitised and re-drawn electronically using Adobe Illustrator software. Illustrations were then combined with written descriptions of these shapes to form a single unified dataset. Software- or Instrument-specific information needed to interpret the data, including software and hardware version numbers: N/A Standards and calibration information, if appropriate: N/A Environmental/experimental conditions: N/A Describe any quality-assurance procedures performed on the data: N/A People involved with sample collection, processing, analysis and/or submission: Miss Namrata Biswas, PhD student, Deccan College, Pune, India; Miss Jaseera CM, PhD student, Tamil University, India; Dr Jason D. Hawkes, The British Museum, London, United Kingdom; Dr Coline Lefrancq, IFP, Pondicherry, India; Prof. R.K. Mohanty, Deccan College, Pune, India.