An Encyclopaedia of Indian Archaeology v1.c9.s14.t1.52

v1.c9.s14.t1.52

The two potter's kilns [16.12] of the Jorwe culture occurring in an n.-e. to s.-w. orientation at DAIMABAD are unique. One of them which was fully exposed measured 5 m square with rounded corners and had two stoke-holes. It consisted of a 25 cm high platform around which was constructed a mud-wall 50 cm wide at the base tapering upwards to 15 cm at the top leaving a gap of about 20 cm in between. This gap was filled with ash and earth as packing. The face of this packing was plastered from time to time and a result a third wall consisting of laminated burnt mud-wall was formed against the ash-packing which seems to have served as an insulator. The inside measured 3·50 m and was divided into two compartments by a thin burnt mud-wall. The floor of the kiln was plastered and 15 pots, of which only one was of thick coarse ware and all the rest of the Jorwe Ware, were found in one of the compartments and in the other a number of potsherds only were found. The kiln was found filled with fine gravel which had turned red due to firing. The use of gravel inside the kiln was probably for raising the temperature.