Accession No

1957.153 B


Description

Two body sherds of zoned incised cross hatch design. Areas of lightly scored overlapping incisions banded by deeper grooves. Brown fabric with fine quartz sand temper.


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 B


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 Unpublished report on 1955 survey and excavations in Tobago.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: Aedan Jones


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, 12-21" . 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: Aedan Jones


Description (Physical description)
Two body sherds of zoned incised cross hatch design. Areas of lightly scored overlapping incisions banded by deeper grooves. Brown fabric with fine quartz sand temper.
Event Date 20/5/2024
Author: Aedan Jones


FM:265048

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