Context (Related Documents)
Catalogue card for Z 44493 in Mary Hill Harris’ hand notes that 'plain sherds were discarded from this pit (Z 44493 - Z 44500).'
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Author: Lizzy Peneycad

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 Unpublished report on 1955 survey and excavations in Tobago.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

Description (Physical description)
Catalogue card in Mary Hill Harris’ hand: 'Grooved sherd. d) grooves doubtful.'
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Author: Lizzy Peneycad

Context (Related Documents)
See archives relating to Bushnell's 1955 Tobago excavations (FR4/1/1 - FR4/1/7).
In his excavation report, [FR4/1/4] page 3, Bushnell writes of the Mt. Irvine Road site: 'It is clear that the original sites had been eroded and the material washed down the hill.'
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Author: Josie Howl

Context (Related Documents)
Cardboard box reads: 'WEST INDIES - Tobago. MT. IRVINE ROAD. pit ii, 0-12" and 12-24". Sherds, shell, stone'.
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Author: Josie Howl

Context (Related Documents)
Catalogue card for Z 44498 in Mary Hill Harris’ hand notes '18 plain sherds were discarded from this layer (Z 44498 - Z 44500).'
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Author: Lizzy Peneycad

Context (Field collection)
Mount Irvine Road, site 4, pit ii, 12-24”. 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: Josie Howl

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)
Grooved sherd.
Event Date 7/7/2016
Author: Josie Howl

Description (Physical description)
Body sherd of medium, red coloured fabric with quartz sand temper and smoothed surfaces. Interior has possible shallow grooves and ridges.
Event Date 30/5/2024
Author: Lizzy Peneycad