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 Unpublished report on 1955 survey and excavations in Tobago.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 (Labels & Markings)
Marked in black ink: '4.'
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Author: Lizzy Peneycad

Description (Physical description)
Catalogue card in Mary Hill Harris’ hand: 'Sherd of thick-walled bowl with coiling still visible - part of surface brushed.'
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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 (Found together / assemblage)
Catalogue card in Mary Hill Harris’ hand notes that this sherd was 'found w[ith] slide Z 44445'.
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Author: Lizzy Peneycad

Context (Field collection)
Mount Irvine Road, site 4, surface find. 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)
Sherd from a thick bowl.
Event Date 7/7/2016
Author: Josie Howl

Description (Physical description)
Body sherd from a bowl of thick, coarse fabric with a greyish brown external surface and an orange internal surface. Bowl was made by coiling; rows of clay are still visible on the exterior, partially smoothed by oblique brushing.
Event Date 29/5/2024
Author: Lizzy Peneycad