Accession No

1957.143 C.1


Description

Rim sherd of thin-walled red fabric with everted rim. Decorated with zoned incised cross-hatching below the rim on the interior.


Place

Americas; Caribbean; West Indies; Trinidad and Tobago; Tobago; Mount Irvine Coombe


Period

Pre-Columbian/Pre-Hispanic Saladoid ?Cedros


Source

Bushnell, Geoffrey Hext Sutherland [excavator and donor]


Department

Arch


Reference Numbers

1957.143 C.1


Cultural Affliation


Material

Ceramic; Pottery


Local Term


Measurements


Events

Context (References)
Bushnell, G.H.S. (n.d.). Unpublished report on 1955 survey and excavations in Tobago. MAA Archive (FR4/1/4 text, FR4/1/2 plates)
Event Date
Author: Esther Laver


Context (Related Documents)
See archives relating to Bushnell's 1955 Tobago excavations (FR4/1/1 - FR4/1/7).
Event Date
Author: Josie Howl


Context (Field collection)
Mount Irvine Coombe, Site 6 (i) A-C.2 21-27". Excavated by Geoffrey Bushnell during his 1955 expedition to Tobago, funded by the Crowther-Beynon Fund and Louis C.G. Clarke.
Event Date 1955
Author: maa


Context (Display)
Exhibited: Archaeology Gallery, case 70, Clarke Gallery, 1984-2010.
Event Date 1984
Author: Esther Laver


Context (References)
Harris, M.H.G. (1988). ‘The Ceramics of Tobago and Barbados: A Report on Studies In Progress.’ In Saunders, N.J. and de Montmollin, O. (eds.), Recent Studies in Pre-Columbian Archaeology. BAR International Series 421. Oxford: British Archaeological Report. pp. 245-273
Event Date 1988
Author: Esther Laver


Description (Physical description)
Description for 1957.143 C[.1-2]: '2 sherds with cross-hatched incision, and dark minerals as well as quartz as temper.'
Event Date 3/6/2009
Author: maa


Description (Physical description)
Rim sherd of thin-walled red fabric with everted rim. Decorated with zoned incised cross-hatching below the rim on the interior.
Event Date 21/5/2024
Author: Esther Laver


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