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by Jonathan D. Till and Scott G. Ortman
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Table 30. Vessel Volume and Caloric Yield
  Mean Volume (ml) Grams of Dry Cornmeal Needed to Fill Vessel Calories Yielded Number of People Serveda
White ware ladle 264 47 172 0.3
Small white ware bowl 808 145 537 1.0
Large white ware bowl 4,548 816 3,022 5.6
Small corrugated gray jar 2,826 507 1,851 3.4
Medium corrugated gray jar 12,879 2,311 8,435 15.7
Large corrugated gray jar 22,443 4,027 14,699 27.4
a Assumes each person is a 5'4" male weighing 130 lbs (Kamp 1998*1).

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