Accession No

1957.153 A


Description

One simple rim sherd and one body sherd, both with zoned incised cross-hatched decoration. Probably from shallow open bowls or plates. Red ware with sandy temper. Signs of burnishing; likely remains of black paint on one sherd.


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

1957.153 A


Cultural Affliation


Material

Ceramic; Pottery


Local Term


Measurements


Events

Context (Display)
Displayed as Saladoid, AD 1-300 .
Event Date
Author: Sophie Wardle


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 Unpublished report on 1955 survey and excavations in Tobago.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: Sophie Wardle


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


Description (Physical description)
2 sherds with incised cross-hatched ornament, probably from shallow open bowls or plates.
Event Date
Author: maa


Context (Field collection)
Mount Irvine Coombe, site 6(ii) A-C2, above 12". 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 (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: Sophie Wardle


Description (Physical description)
One simple rim sherd and one body sherd, both with zoned incised cross-hatched decoration. Probably from shallow open bowls or plates. Red ware with sandy temper. Signs of burnishing; likely remains of black paint on one sherd.
Event Date 23/5/2024
Author: Sophie Wardle


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