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

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 Unpublished report on 1955 survey and excavations in Tobago.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: Lizzy Peneycad

Context (Related Documents)
See photo 1958.053.
Event Date
Author: maa

Context (Field collection)
Mount Irvine Coombe, site 6(i) A-C2, 27” - bottom. 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: Lizzy Peneycad

Description (Physical description)
Catalogue card: 'Sherd with single hatched incision, bearing a general resemblance to cross-hatched type. Includes dark minerals as well as quartz as temper.'
Event Date 1957
Author: maa

Description (Physical description)
Accession register: 'Sherd with incised cross-hatching.'
Event Date 1957
Author: Lizzy Peneycad

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: Lizzy Peneycad

Description (Physical description)
Body sherd of medium, reddish buff coloured fabric with a grey core and fine-line incised decoration on the exterior surface. Fabric includes dark mineral inclusions and fine quartz sand temper. Decoration comprises horizontal lines, with possible cross-hatching at one edge.
Event Date 22/5/2024
Author: Lizzy Peneycad