Accession No

Z 36961 E


Description

Sherd of grainy buff fabric, decorated with scored designs.


Place

Americas; Caribbean; Trinidad and Tobago; Tobago; Lovers’ Retreat


Period

Pre-Columbian/Pre-Hispanic Saladoid


Source

Bushnell, Geoffrey Hext Sutherland [excavator and donor]


Department

Arch


Reference Numbers

Z 36961 E


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 Unpublished report on 1955 survey and excavations in Tobago.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


Description (Physical description)
Catalogue card in Mary Hill Harris’ hand for Z 36961 A-E: '5 sherds brushed or scored ware a) and e) show cross-hatching'. Later, in pencil: 'v. grainy temper-coarse'.
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)
Lovers’ Retreat, site 16, surface, pit i. 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: Esther Laver


Description (Physical description)
Scored sherd with cross-hatching.
Event Date 3/3/2009
Author: maa


Description (Physical description)
Sherd of grainy buff fabric, decorated with scored designs.
Event Date 30/5/2024
Author: Esther Laver


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