This vessel was made by coils of clay which were smoothened with a paddle. This type of black earthenware usually have cord-marked deocrations, such as this one. The black surface was the result of the the pot coming into contact with the burning fuel during firing. The site of Ban Chiang was first uncovered in 1957. Pottery was found with skeletal remains, glass beads, as well as iron and bronze bracelets. Recent dating methods suggest that there were three mains phases of pottery-making, with the black earthenware falling into the earliest phase of 3600 to 900BCE.
